Communities Meet Their Needs and Wants Mrs. Martin Grade 3
Learning Goals n People in communities have needs and wants. n They work at different types of jobs to make money in order to meet their needs and wants. n Sometimes people have to make choices about their needs and wants n There are different types of jobs people have; manufacturing, service, and agricultural.
Vocabulary n Needs n Wants n Goods n Services §Renewable resource §Non renewable resource n Manufacturing §Scarcity n producer §Interdependence n agriculture §Trade §Transportation §communication
Needs n What a person must have to survive n Food, water, air
Wants n Things we would like to have but do not need in order to survive. We need healthy food, we want chocolate cake.
Goods n Things people make or grow and then sell n Corn, books, video games
Services n Jobs that one person does for another person. Jobs that help someone do something. teacher dentist bus driver
Service jobs n Nurses, doctors, teachers, waiter/waitress, postal worker, police officer and more!
manufacturing n To make a finished product from raw materials
producer n A person who makes a product
agriculture n Growing crops and raising animals for a job or business
Renewable resource n A resource (something we use) that can be replaced in a short time. n For example trees/wood
Non-renewable resource n A non-renewable resource cannot be replaced or it takes a very long time to be replaced. n For example: n coal, oil
scarcity n Not enough of something that people want or need n Water and trees are scarce in the desert.
interdependence n Depending on each other to meet needs and wants n We must depend on people from Maine to get lobster. People from Florida depend on us for our apples. People from Maine depend on Florida for oranges.
interdependence New York Maine Florida
trade n To buy or sell goods and services
transportation n To move goods and people from one place to another
communication n Sharing of information or news.
Timeline n A chart used to show events over a period of time