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Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 13

Needs & Wants

What we need, what we want and how ads can change that.

What your child practises

Practises telling needs from wants, noticing how advertising and television can make us want things, caring for our own and others' property, and respecting that people's wants can differ.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 1-KE-027, 1-KE-028, 1-KE-030, 1-VE-013, 1-VE-014 · needs and wants, media influence, caring for property and respecting differences

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    After you play with a game, you…

    • put it away carefully
    • leave it in the rain
    • stomp on it

  2. Question 2

    A TV show has a cartoon cereal. After watching you want the cereal. Why?

    • Cereal grows in the sky
    • The show made it look fun
    • You are hungry for tires

  3. Question 3

    A toy is yours. How should you treat it?

    • Throw it away
    • Break it
    • Take care of it

  4. Question 4

    A commercial shows a toy and says, “Everyone needs one!” Is the toy a need?

    • It is food
    • Yes, always
    • No, it is a want

  5. Question 5

    Which is a need in a Manitoba winter?

    • a sandcastle kit
    • sunglasses for a beach
    • a warm coat

  6. Question 6

    Which is a want that many people enjoy?

    • breathing
    • a trip to a park
    • water

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