Learning Targets:
Targets for knowledge, skills, and behaviours below are possible targets. It is not expected that all will be covered by a single Teaching Unit. Teachers can select their learning targets using the Teaching Units provided (to the right), adaptations of these Teaching Units, or Units/Lesson Plans they develop on their own.
KNOW:
- The difference between needs and wants
- Spending and saving are two choices in how to use money
- People can “save” different things in different ways – not just money
- Others can try and influence money decisions
- Spending uses money today, saving stores it for future use
- Why saving – money and other things – is important and the possible benefits
- Where money can be saved and the role of banks
- Why we can’t always get things we want
- Waiting and saving may be needed to get some things
BE ABLE TO:
- Use money to purchase things needed and wanted
- Save money
- Open a bank account
- Assess how advertising can try to affect money decisions
ACTION/BEHAVIOUR:
- Consider the benefits that can come from saving for the future
- Consider whether something is needed or wanted before making a purchase
- As possible, save some of their money for the future
- Consider the influence of advertising before making a spending decision
