Lesson Plan & Material 1

Topic of Lesson Plan 1: Consumption Needs vs. Wants. It focuses on teaching students that everyone should be able to determine what they need to or want to buy in their daily lives, so that they can have a preliminary understanding of monetary values.

Vocabulary Scaffolding

Listing out all the vocabulary with visual aids (illustrations) and an example sentence allows students to get a concrete picture of how the vocabulary should be used.

・Vocabulary Page 1・

・Vocabulary Page 2・

Final Output

A mini game - "Surviving a month to win 1 million" is set for students to decide what four items they will buy with $3000 to stay alive. They need to explain the reasons why they "need" such items using the knowledge they have just learned.

・Game Setting・

・The Item Shelf・

Student A: The first thing I would choose is the bottled water because without it I might be dead. And the second thing is instant rice. It won't make me starve. I will choose the fruit pack for the last thing because um I can get another nutrients.

Student B: I think I will first buy the bottled water and then buy the instant noodles because it is cheaper than the rice. Because I will be very boring (bored) there, so I want to buy the iPad and also have the light. The rest of the money I can buy handshake drink token. (He miscalculated the amount of money so we went back to him later.) (In the end he gave up the light.)

Student C: I want to buy water first because if I don't have water, I wll die. And the toilet paper. If I don't use it, I will be very dirty. Light. It's more bright when I was in a place where there is no window. The last is the snack.

Student D: My items are same with Richard but I would be the bottled water, instant noodle, and an iPad. I don't need toilet (paper) because I have water. So I just need water. Also, instant noodles have soup inside and some vegetables inside, so I choose the noodle. And iPad because (staying) in the room is very bored (boring), so I can watch movies with a(n) iPad.

Takeaway for Lesson 1

Being able to identify the differences between needs and wants in their daily life.
An Exit Ticket: Each one of the students takes turns to share with the class "a need" and "a want" right here, right now.

Homework and Warm-up for Lesson 2

Read an article about supply and demand and answer 3 questions before the next session:

1. Why are mangoes cheaper in summer than in winter?

2. What happened to egg prices during the 2023 shortage in Taiwan? Why?

3. How do supply and demand work together to influence price?

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