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Lesson 8: Choice Making
General Purposes or Goals
To (1) enhance students’ understanding regarding the forms of shelter that are available; (2) develop an appreciation for the opportunities that people may have to exercise choice in meeting their shelter needs/wants; (3) enhance students’ understanding and appreciation regarding major choices that need to be made early in the decision-making process—namely location and whether to rent or buy.
Main Ideas to Develop
• One of the choices people have to make is location—where they will live.
• Other choices concern such issues as the size of the place, cost, length of expected
stay and special features.
• Another choice is whether to rent or buy.
Assessment
Have each student complete the questioning exercise focusing on choice making. [Optional: Invite upper-grade members or adult volunteers to serve as recorders.]
If, in the future, our family needs to move, we should ask several questions before we make a final decision about where we will live. Questions we need to ask—and be able to answer—include:
1. Why are we moving?
2. Do we have a house to sell? (If we do, we probably cannot buy another until we sell
the one we own now.)
3. Do we need to be near our parents’ work?
4. Does our family have its own means of transportation?
5. Do we need to be near the schools? Interstate? Airport? Other? Why?
6. How long does our family expect to stay in this place?
7. How much does our family want to spend?
8. What are special features of the new shelter that we need? Want?
[Optional: If time permits, have students role play their plan for questions associated with family choice making.]
Lesson 9: Portable Shelters
General Purposes or Goals
To develop an understanding and appreciation that portable shelters are intended and designed for portability and that some people depend solely on portable shelters because they are nomadic, while others use them for short periods of time to satisfy their short term needs (e.g., hunting, recreation).
Main Ideas to Develop
• Portable shelters are built out of a variety of materials, take many forms, and are used for a variety of reasons.
• Especially in the past, portable shelters have been used by nomadic societies.
• Today portable shelters range from being primarily recreational in our area to being a
necessity in a few places.
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