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KEY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES |
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One:
Our Families
The students better understand what a family
is by studying a poster. They discover how
people in a family are alike and different
and how they work together to make the place
where they live a good place to live.
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- Identify what a family is
- Recognize how people live and work together
in a family
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Two:
Our Families’ Needs and Wants
The students become aware that all families
must have food, clothing, and shelter to
live, and they begin to understand the difference
between a want and a need.
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- Explain the difference between a want
and a need
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Three:
Our Families’ Jobs
The students learn how jobs provide for
family members’ wants and needs. They draw
pictures of family members doing their jobs.
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- Review
the difference between a want and a need
- Identify
places where people work
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Four:
Finding Our Families’ Needs and Wants
The students use a floor map to discover
where members of a family would go to obtain
their wants and needs.
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- Interpret map symbols
- Place various symbols for business and
services on a map
- Recognize how family members depend
on businesses to provide their wants and
needs
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Five:
Paying for Our Families' Needs and Wants
Students learn about the importance of working
to pay for needs and wants. Through role-playing,
they demonstrate working and paying for
these needs
and wants.
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- describe various jobs from which people
earn money.
- recognize that families use money to
satisfy their needs and wants.
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