Webliography

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Wants and Needs

Parents Teach Money Habits to Children
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/DA6116.html
Audience: Parent Resource
Sharon Danes and Tammy Dunrud developed this site aimed at parent-educators for University of Minnesota Extension. It includes a chart of what is developmentally appropriate to teach children of different ages.

Fiscal Lessons for Kids
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/pf/20070807_financial_lessons_for_kids_a1.asp#1
Audience: Parent Resource
Christina Couch says, "Think Junior won't notice that mounting debt and empty retirement account? Think again. According to a 2001 survey by the American Savings Education Council, 94 percent of children ranked their parents as their primary financial educators."

Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSOWantsAndNeeds-WithMagazinePics12.htm
Audience: Early Elementary school classrooms
Students cooperatively sort magazine pictures into "wants" and "needs" in this early elementary school lesson plan by Nancy Hagerty.

Printable Lesson with a Quiz
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/economics/wantsandneeds1.htm
Audience: Early Elementary school classrooms
A basic economics lesson with a quiz about "want vs. need" from Social Studies for Kids.

Needs and Wants Cards
http://www.unicef.org.uk/tz/resources/resource_item.asp?id=35
Audience: Elementary school classrooms
20 illustrated cards show aspects of life that pupils have to decide is either a 'want' or a 'need,' which leads to recognition that 'needs' are also 'rights'. A free PDF from UNICEF.