How We Organize Ourselves: Wants and Needs

Date: Friday March 25 2016

Name of Activity: Wants and Needs

Unit: How We Organize Ourselves

Learner Profile: Reflective

Attitude: Integrity

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So a few days ago, our teacher told us to get into our table groups and gave us a piece of big paper and several magazines. Then she told us to get some scissors and some glue sticks. Then she told us to write Wants on one side of the paper and Needs on the opposite side. After that we searched through the magazines to find some Needs and Wants, agree which one it is with the group, and glue it onto either the Need section or the Want section. In my group, we found that there were more Wants than Needs. Most wants were fancy hotels and resorts. Others were fast foods like hamburgers and french fries. There were also electronics and I don't know why we put this one down: Santa Claus. I had no idea. Even though I was the one choosing it as one.

How this activity shows being Reflective is because you had to think about what a Need is and what a Want is in order to know which is which.

How this activity showed Integrity is because you had to be honest and not say "This is a fancy resort we need it to be with the needs". You had to be honest and say "You want a fancy resort".

I really enjoyed digging through magazines with my group. I liked finding the needs and wants of people.