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Compelling question
What are the essential needs in our lives?
Standards & practices
OSEU 2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of the Oceti Sakowin peoples understanding of the
interrelationship of spiritual, physical, social and emotional health.
K-2 E.1 Students will apply the fundamental economic ideas and concepts associated with the
study of economics.
Staging the question
If you were lost in a forest, what would be important to have with you?
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
What is a want?
What is a need?
Formative performance task
Given examples of wants and
needs, students will sort items by
correct category.
Featured sources
Aurthur’s TV by Marc Brown:
https://www.amazon.com/Arthur
s-Trouble-Adventure-Hardcover-
September/dp/B010EWDQSG/ref=
sr 1 9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=14
_ _
70336805&sr=1-
9&keywords=arthur%27s+tv+book
s
Chicken Sunday by Patricia
Polacco:
https://www.amazon.com/Chicke
n-Sunday-Patricia-
Polacco/dp/0698116151/ref=sr 1
_ _
1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336
859&sr=1-
1&keywords=chicken+sunday+boo
ks
Max’s Dragon Shirt by Rosemary
Wells:
https://www.amazon.com/Maxs-
Dragon-Shirt-Rosemary-
Wells/dp/0140567275/ref=sr 1 1
_ _
?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=14703369
02&sr=1-
1&keywords=Max%E2%80%99s+D
ragon+Shirt++books
Nothing by Jon Agee:
https://www.amazon.com/Nothin
g-Jon-
Agee/dp/0786836946/ref=sr 1 1?
_ _
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=147033695
1&sr=1-
1&keywords=nothing++Jon+Agee
Supporting question 2
What were the traditional wants
and needs of the Oceti Sakowin?
Formative performance task
Compare your wants and needs
with the traditional wants and
needs of the Oceti Sakowin.
Featured sources
Need and Wants sorting activity:
https://www.teacherspayteachers
.com/Product/Wants-and-Needs-
Freebie-1641427
Pebble Books on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Needs-
Wants-Pebble-
BooksGillia/dp/1429617071/ref=sr
1 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470
_ _
326208&sr=1-
1&keywords=needs+and+wants+p
ebble+books
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein:
https://www.amazon.com/Giving-
Tree-Shel-
Silverstein/dp/0060256656/ref=sr
1 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470
_ _
336981&sr=1-
1&keywords=the+giving+tree+by+
shel+silverstein
Supporting question 3
How have wants and needs
changed throughout time?
Formative performance task
Create a Past/Present T chart.
Discuss differences between
traditional and contemporary
wants and needs.
Featured sources
Wolakotaproject.org link to these
two stories:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/l
akota-stories/
How People Learned to Fish
Iktomi’s Blanket
Summative performance task · Argument
During a class discussion, have students explain how one item can be both a
need and a want.
Extension
After creating a list of wants and needs, justify your answers through discussion.
Taking informed action
Class research or discuss how do we keep our essential needs accessable to us (land, air, food
and water).
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“Needs & Wants” | OSEU 2: Identity & Resiliency
Compelling
Question
What are the essential needs in our lives?
Standards
and
Practices
OSEU 2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of the Oceti Sakowin peoples understanding of the
interrelationship of spiritual, physical, social and emotional health.
K-2 E.1 Students will apply the fundamental economic ideas and concepts associated with the
study of economics.
Staging the
Question
If you were lost in a forest, what would be important to have with you?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
What is a want?
What is a need?
What were the traditional wants
and needs of the Oceti Sakowin?
How have wants and needs
changed throughout time?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Given examples of wants and
needs, students will sort items by
correct category.
Compare your wants and needs
with the traditional wants and
needs of the Oceti Sakowin.
Create a Past/Present T chart.
Discuss differences between
traditional and contemporary
wants and needs.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Aurthur’s TV by Marc Brown:
https://www.amazon.com/Arthur
s-Trouble-Adventure-Hardcover-
September/dp/B010EWDQSG/ref=
sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=14
70336805&sr=1-
9&keywords=arthur%27s+tv+book
s
Chicken Sunday by Patricia
Polacco:
https://www.amazon.com/Chicke
n-Sunday-Patricia-
Polacco/dp/0698116151/ref=sr_1_
1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336
859&sr=1-
1&keywords=chicken+sunday+boo
ks
Max’s Dragon Shirt by Rosemary
Need and Wants sorting activity:
https://www.teacherspayteachers
.com/Product/Wants-and-Needs-
Freebie-1641427
Pebble Books on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Needs-
Wants-Pebble-
BooksGillia/dp/1429617071/ref=sr
_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470
326208&sr=1-
1&keywords=needs+and+wants+p
ebble+books
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein:
https://www.amazon.com/Giving-
Tree-Shel-
Silverstein/dp/0060256656/ref=sr
Wolakotaproject.org link to these
two stories:
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/l
akota-stories/
How People Learned to Fish
Iktomi’s Blanket
Wells:
https://www.amazon.com/Maxs-
Dragon-Shirt-Rosemary-
Wells/dp/0140567275/ref=sr_1_1
?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=14703369
02&sr=1-
1&keywords=Max%E2%80%99s+D
ragon+Shirt++books
Nothing by Jon Agee:
https://www.amazon.com/Nothin
g-Jon-
Agee/dp/0786836946/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=147033695
1&sr=1-
1&keywords=nothing++Jon+Agee
_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470
336981&sr=1-
1&keywords=the+giving+tree+by+
shel+silverstein
Summative
Performance
Task
Argument
During a class discussion, have students explain how one item can be both a
need and a want.
Extension
After creating a list of wants and needs, justify your answers through discussion.
Taking
Informed
Action
Class research or discuss how do we keep our essential needs accessable to us (land, air, food
and water).