Luxury vs Necessity
| Subject: |
Possessions |
| Thematic Scenario: | Luxury vs. Necessity |
| Contexts\Outcomes: | Students convey/acquire information and make comparisons about their personal possessions. |
| Learn from Selected Countries/Cultures: | Cultural information about personal possessions in other countries. Economic information about obtaining possessions in other countries. Differentiating between wants and needs in relation to personal possessions. |
| Instructional Strategies: | Pair Activities: Students plan personal possession survival kits. Students make posters of “Work Hours Required to Purchase Luxury vs. Necessity Items.” Cooperative Learning: In groups, students plan both a luxury vacation and a low cost vacation. Inventory: Students do a self-inventory of their possessions and compare with possessions of students in target countries. Students make a T-Chart of self-inventory categorizing luxuries and necessities. Students do a cost analysis of luxury vs. necessity items. Interview: Each student interviews parents about their family budget. Each student plans a monthly budget. Students conduct personal possession internet surveys or interviews for target countries. (i.e. How many people in Germany have 5 TV’s?) |
| Assessments: | Presentations: Students write and perform a “rap” about possessions, meeting specified criteria. Students design and compare personal possession survival kits for U.S. and target countries. Students complete a research project and prepare a culminating oral presentation, meeting rubric criteria. Class Debate – Students engage in a class debate “Luxury vs. Necessity.” |
| Resources: | Internet resources Library resources Embassies/travel agencies |