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Understanding Community Needs and Wants

Students learn the difference between essential community needs and nonessential wants using examples such as hospitals, schools, parks, and stores.

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Students learn the difference between essential community needs and nonessential wants using examples such as hospitals, schools, parks, and stores. The worksheet includes two sorting activities, sentence-based justification, and reflection questions about community priorities.

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What you’ll teach

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  • Students will define community needs and wants.
  • Students will classify community services and places as needs or wants.
  • Students will explain why an item belongs in a selected category.
  • Students will reflect on how communities prioritize spending.