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Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES

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L e s s o n 2 0<br />

Needs Versus Wants<br />

Learning Objective<br />

To help students understand <strong>the</strong> difference between a need versus a want,<br />

and how that can help in managing money<br />

Materials Needed<br />

handout: “Needs Versus Wants Worksheet”<br />

Vocabulary<br />

essentials, living within your means, budget, financial planning, fees<br />

SCANS Competencies<br />

Thinking Skills: Creative Thinking; Reasoning; Decision Making<br />

Basic Skills: Listening<br />

Instructions for Conducting <strong>the</strong> Activity<br />

Explain that planning for college includes knowing how much money you will need to live, work, and go to college and how<br />

you will get that money. Making smart choices about how to spend money will help you live within your means. One way<br />

to help you spend money wisely is to separate your needs from your wants, and spend money primarily on your needs.<br />

Group brainstorm of what are needs and wants. Record answers on <strong>the</strong> board.<br />

Needs – <strong>the</strong> essentials, <strong>the</strong> basics of life that you must have to survive: food, housing, clothing. (Note that, for college,<br />

your needs also include tuition, books, and fees, among o<strong>the</strong>r things.)<br />

Wants – nice to have, but are not essentials: eating out or going to <strong>the</strong> movies.<br />

Distribute “Needs Versus Wants Worksheet” handout. Have students complete it individually, including <strong>the</strong> two questions<br />

at <strong>the</strong> bottom, and <strong>the</strong>n pair up to share <strong>the</strong>ir answers.<br />

Have a large group report out to identify common needs and what wants students can live without.<br />

Extension Activity<br />

Using <strong>the</strong> needs list, have students identify inexpensive ways to meet that need. For example, a student may need a car<br />

to get to and from college, but s/he may want a brand-new sports car. The student can still get <strong>the</strong> need met by buying<br />

a fuel-efficient used car ra<strong>the</strong>r than a sports car. Or, where can you find inexpensive clothing? Or where can you borrow<br />

movies and music CDs for free?<br />

<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABE</strong> & <strong>ESOL</strong> <strong>Classroom</strong> | Section IV, Lesson 20: Needs Versus Wants | 165

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