Grade 7 Training manual 2017
EMS: Economics
Needs and Wants
Term 1
NEEDS AND WANTS
Glossary of Terms:
Learners must first give an description of the following words in their notebook:
CONCEPT
DESCRIPTION
Needs
Wants
Primary needs
Secondary needs
Limited wants
Scarcity
Physical needs
Security needs
Goods
Services
Community
Resources
Natural resources
Labour
Capital
Factors of production
Technical effienciency
Effective efficiency
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THE ECONOMY
LESSON PLAN
Subject: EMS
Grade: 7
Educator(s) Signature:
Topic: Needs and wants
Date:
HOD Signature:
Term: 1
Week: 8 - 10
Duration: 3 weeks
6 hrs
12 periods of 30 minutes
Prior content knowledge:
Content:
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Links with next lesson
History of Money
• Goods and services
Vocabulary/Important words:
Explain the concept of needs.
Explain the concept of wants.
Describe the differences of needs and wants.
How do we satisfy our needs as individuals,
families, communities and countries
Primary and secondary needs
Unlimited wants
Limited Resources
Impact of differences the community.
Impact of differences on the environment.
Basic needs
Individuals
Communities
Resources
Environment
Aims and Objectives of the lesson
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Differentiate between needs and wants
Identify and discuss the needs of individuals, families, communities and countries
Distinguish between primary and secondary needs
Discuss unlimited wants and give examples
Discuss limited resources to satisfy needs and wants
Teaching Methods:
Discussion
Differentiation (Enrichment opportunities/
addressing barriers to learning)
Comparing the needs of different individuals, families,
communities and countries
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Brainstorming
Look for pictures representing the different needs and
wants
Question and answer
Keyword list with different words and explanations
Report
Allow learners to design own posters on how to conserve
our planets natural resources. Poster can be exhibited in
the school administration block.
Debate
Visual aids
Allow learners to complete extra activities if time allows
or do it as revision.
Case Studies
Examples from the community
Guest speakers
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY: Formal
Form of assessment:
Informal
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Assessment tool: Memo and checklist/Rubric
Class work and Assignment
(question and answer , report writing , case studies , scenarios , picture interpretation)
Teacher Activities
• Baseline assessment
• Discuss previous knowledge held by
learners (what is a need, what is want, list
own needs and own wants, needs of local
shop/community, etc.)
• Educator to develop notes on the following
terms for learners to record in class work
books:
ü Needs
ü Wants
ü Individuals
ü Families
ü Communities
ü Countries
ü Environment
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Learning Activities
• Learners explain the concepts of needs
and wants.
• Leaners describes own needs and
wants as well as those of the
community and environment.
• Learners takes down notes from the
chalkboard
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Educator discuss and explain the
difference between needs and wants
Educator to provide notes on the
differences of needs and wants
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Educator to discuss the four categories of
needs and wants.
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Educator develop a notes on the four
categories of needs and wants namely
Survival needs, security needs, social
needs, self-esteem needs
Learners write down the difference
between needs and wants as the
educator explain.
• Learners complete the class notes on the
difference between needs and wants
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Learners to participate in classroom
discussion on the four categories of
needs.
Learners to complete notes provided by
educator
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5&6
Describe to learners how people satisfy
their needs.
Define and discuss with examples the
following terms:
ü Goods
ü Resources
ü Unlimited wants
ü Scarcity
ü Limited resources
ü Satisfy
ü Non – Renewable Resources
ü Renewable resources
ü Economic Problem
Educator to ensure that learners
understand that needs and wants are
satisfied by the purchasing of goods
and services and in turn goods and
services are produced by resources.
• Learner to participate in educators
description on how needs are satisfied
• Learners to ask clarity seeking
questions
• Learners to participate in discussion of
concepts
• Learner to undertake activity
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Learners are provided with activities
to consolidate above knowledge
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Discuss the impact needs and wants
have on the environment and
community.
Learners to brainstorm ideas on how to
minimize the impact of products on the
environment (Limited resources)
• Participate in the discussion on the
impact needs and wants on the
environment and community
• Brainstorm ideas on how to minimise
the impact of products on the
environment
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Discuss how learners can develop
an environmental footprint of one of
their favourite things
Allow learners to complete
assignment in class
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• Learners to develop environmental footprint
of favourite thing
• Learners complete assignment in class
Resources
Text books
Internet
Newspapers
Magazines
Stationery
black board
Teacher’s comments/reflection:
HOD input: monitoring and support:
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What are we going to learn?
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Analyse the basic needs of individuals, families, communities and countries.
Discuss primary and secondary needs
Explain how needs are satisfied
Discuss the unlimited wants of individuals and the problem of scarcity.
Explain why resources are limited
Types of effectiveness in use of resources
Needs and wants
What do you need to survive?
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A need is something you have to have in order to stay alive.
A want is something you would like to have but it is not necessary for your survival
Basic needs
Needs and wants influence our communities through the following ways:
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They determine what kind of products and services in the community sold or offered.
This may have an impact on how communities work
People in poor communities whose basic needs are not provided for, will not apply to
spending by failing to support local shops and businesses in their communities.
People in wealthier communities will spend money at shops and businesses in their
communities so that communities will be more prosperous.
Basic, primary and secondary needs
Basic or primary needs
- Physical needs
- Safety needs
Secondary needs
- Needs that our survival does not depend on.
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Unlimited needs with limited resources
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Individuals, families, communities and countries all unlimited wants.
We do not have enough resources to meet our needs.
Money has evolved to enable people to satisfy more easily their needs and desires.
There's a certain amount of money in the world and economic activity can only satisfy a
limited number of needs and desires.
Economic problem
The problem caused by the limited resources they have available to satisfy people's unlimited
wants.
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natural resources = all the gifts from the nature
labour = all the people of a country's capacity to work.
capital = money a country for goods and services to produce.
production factors = the inputs used to produce goods and services.
Types of effectiveness in the use of resources
Technical efficiency
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Countries must use all the resources (land, labour and capital).
Effective efficiency
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Countries should produce more of the goods and services where there is a greatest demand.
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CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1: CLASS WORK
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Something that you want to have, but necessary for survival.
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Something you can touch and see.
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The value of the best alternative that could have been chosen, but was not chosen.
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Goods ready to be sold.
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Goods that last for years and years.
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You only have so many needs.
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Physical and mental activities.
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First and important part of the economy.
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An example of a capital good.
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Money you need to start your own business.
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Unlimited wants and limited resources.
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Place on earth where people live.
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People that cannot satisfy basic needs.
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An example of a natural resource.
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Goods that you use to produce more goods.
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A group of people living together.
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An alternative selected above another.
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Something you have to have in order to stay alive.
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Things you need to satisfy unlimited wants.
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You have so much wants.
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Activity 2
Study the following cartoon and answer the questions that follows:
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What does the above cartoon predict?
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Name the type of scarcity in the cartoon?
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In which province is the biggest drought in South Africa?
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Name 3 methods how we can save water.
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Name the minister of water and sanitation.
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Activity 3
Study the following graph and answer the questions that follows:
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Which sector needs the most water?
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What will happen in this sector if the drought continues in South Africa?
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Which sector uses the least water?
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Why does this sector not need so much water?
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What sector uses the second most water?
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Where does this water from municipals go?
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In your opinion, is the drinking water in South Africa safe?
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Activity 4
Read the following article and answer the questions that follows:
Western Cape could run out of dam water by 2019
Government has predicted fresh water demand will exceed supply, due to population growth, among other
reasons.
CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape government says the province could run out of fresh water in dams by
2019 if water resources are not managed properly. Government has predicted fresh water demand will
exceed supply, due to population growth and limited water resources.
Experts such as those at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) say the province will survive the current dry
season, but they warn government needs to start implementing long-term solutions to increase supply before
the situation reaches a critical level.
Environmental Affairs MEC Anton Bredell says government will have to look at how it manages water
resources in preparation for a population increase in the Western Cape.
"Studies show that we're going to run out of water by 2019. Population growth is obviously one of the things
we're going to need to manage."
Bredell says population growth will affect many sectors.
"You need to plan for that, to get ahead of the curve. People use resources. We will need to look at our water
resource, but also sanitation, transport, hospitals, clinics, schools and all these things, there will be pressure
on it."
In 2016 the province had a population of 6.4 million people and Bredell says the population is expected to
grow by two million people in the next 15 years, or even sooner.
Article by Monique Mortlock (05 March 2017)
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Why would the Western Cape run out of water in 2019?
What does the abbreviation WWF stand for?
Who is the MEC of Environmental affairs?
What other things will also be affected by population growth?
What is the current population in the Western Cape?
What causes population growth?
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Activity 5
Study the following pictures and identify the different needs and wants.
Activity 6
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Read the stories below. Draw a mind map for each family. Show their basic needs and how
they are satisfied.
Case study
Family in a rural area
Jubu lives with his sister, brother and grandparents
in a village in KwaZulu-Natal. They have some
goats and a vegetable patch. Jabu and his brother
look after the goats and gather wood and his sister
fetches water from a river 2 km away. The children
walk to school when they are not needed to help at
home. Their grandmother cooks their food of
mealie meal and vegetables on an outside fire.
Their home is a thatched-roof hut with one room
where they all sleep together. Their grandparents
buy clothes and other things they need with their
monthly government pension money.
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Family in an urban area
Neo lives with his parents in a small house his
family rents in a suburb of Johannesburg. His
mother is a secretary and his father works in the
post office. Neo catches the bus to school every
day. Neo’s father buys food from the shops at the
nearby shopping centre. While his mother cooks
supper of pap, meat and vegetables on the electric
stove. Neo does his homework. After supper, he
helps to wash dishes, watches some television,
has a shower and goes to bed in his bedroom. His
parents buy clothes and other things they need and
want from shops in the shopping centre with the
money from their salaries.
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What are the basic needs of communities and countries?
What are primary and secondary needs?
What are wants and why are they said to be unlimited?
What are resources and what does it mean if they are limited?
What should you do if you have a limited resource such as a limited amount of money?
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