Lesson Plan and Presentation Notes
Lesson Plan and Presentation Notes
Lesson Plan and Presentation Notes
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Middle/High School<br />
Needs <strong>and</strong> Wants<br />
Objectives:<br />
• The students will underst<strong>and</strong> the effect that the ecosystem has on<br />
the economics of a region.<br />
• The students will compare <strong>and</strong> contrast the different regions of the<br />
United States <strong>and</strong> their lifestyles <strong>and</strong> economics.<br />
• Students will underst<strong>and</strong> how needs <strong>and</strong> wants of people in<br />
different regions vary.<br />
• The students will present their findings to the class.<br />
Materials: Needs <strong>and</strong>s Wants h<strong>and</strong>outs <strong>and</strong> cards, pencils or pens<br />
Instructions:<br />
1. Have students get into groups <strong>and</strong> give each group a needs <strong>and</strong><br />
wants card <strong>and</strong> list.<br />
2. Have students come up with the needs <strong>and</strong> wants for someone<br />
living in that region.<br />
3. Have each group read their list <strong>and</strong> it is up to the other groups to<br />
decide where they are from.<br />
4. Discuss the different regions of the United States <strong>and</strong> some of the<br />
states in these regions.<br />
5. Discuss each areas eco-system <strong>and</strong> discuss how the weather in each<br />
of the regions varies.<br />
6. Discuss how not only the region, yet other personal factors help to<br />
shape what things are needs <strong>and</strong> wants. Also discuss how needs<br />
<strong>and</strong> wants are different for everyone.<br />
Closure: As a class discuss the different regions, how the eco-system affects the regions,<br />
<strong>and</strong> how the people of the regions are affected by the ecosystem. Also discuss<br />
how the needs <strong>and</strong> wants of people in different parts of the country vary due to<br />
the eco-system. One region’s needs are another’s wants <strong>and</strong> so on.
Middle/High School<br />
Benchmarks:<br />
6 th Grade<br />
• L.CN.06.02 Listen to or view critically while demonstrating<br />
appropriate social skills of audience behaviors (e.g. eye contact,<br />
attentive, supportive); critically examine the verbal <strong>and</strong> non-verbal<br />
strategies during speeches <strong>and</strong> presentations.<br />
7 th Grade<br />
8 th Grade<br />
• L.CN.07.02 Listen to or view critically while demonstrating<br />
appropriate social skills of audience behaviors (e.g. eye contact,<br />
attentive, supportive); critically examine the verbal <strong>and</strong> non-verbal<br />
strategies during speeches <strong>and</strong> presentations.<br />
• L.CN.06.02 Listen to or view critically while demonstrating<br />
appropriate social skills of audience behaviors (e.g. eye contact,<br />
attentive, supportive); critically examine the verbal <strong>and</strong> non-verbal<br />
strategies during speeches <strong>and</strong> presentations.
Middle/High School
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