Needs and Wants - PowerPoint Activity

Assignment: Students identify the difference between needs and wants. Students add images representing different needs and wants. Students add information explaining their choices. Students create an interesting and informative PowerPoint / Google Slides / Keynote presentation illustrating different needs and wants.

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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.A

Download: rubric-for-slide-presentations.pdf

Slide 1 - Needs and Wants

Students add a title "Needs and Wants". Students use clipart to insert two or more images of things that are needs or wants. Students add their name.

Slide - 2 - Needs

Students add a title "Needs". Students use clipart to add three or more images of different things that are needs. Students add a definition of needs. Students explain why they have chosen each item as a need.

Slide - 3 - Wants

Students add a title "Wants". Students use clipart to add three or more images of different things that are wants. Students add definition of wants. Students explain why they have chosen each item as a want.

Student Instructions