Social Studies - Kindergarten (2024)
Lesson Plans

Strand 4: Economics

Students will identify basic economic concepts of needs, wants, spending, saving, sharing, and the value of work.

Compelling Questions:

• What happens when you have to choose between two things you need or want?
• How might saving money improve someone’s life in the future?
• Why do people save money?

Standard K.4.1

Make distinctions between basic human needs and individual wants and how that can change over time.

• All I Really Need!
  Students will explore the difference between wants and needs as they decide what they will be taking to Grandma's house.

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