Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES
Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES
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 />
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