1. Survival Activity

2. Survival Activity Make a list of the things you will need to survive
What problems might you have

3. Problem Solving
Remember the groups of problems you faced as survivors on a desert island
Copy out the table and write down your solutions posed in each column. The first is completed for you
What to produce?
How to produce?
For whom to produce?
Build shelter
Everyone helps using large palm leaves
Everyone shares a shelter
Who decides and how they decide the ‘answers’ to these questions in an economy is referred to as the economic system

4. Problem Solving What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?
Build shelter
Everyone helps using large palm leaves
Everyone shares a shelter

5. Needs vs. Wants
Needs = things that are essential to survival, without them we would die.
The stuff people WANT because it make us feel GOOD!
Haircuts, cars, toothbrushes, TVs, movies, happiness, shoes, vacations, friendship, hamburgers, love, jewelry, education, air (to breathe, fresh water, public transportation, sunshine, etc...