3rd Grade · Social Studies
Needs, Wants and Making Choices
Free printable 3rd Grade social studies worksheet: Needs, Wants and Making Choices. It practices choices (C3 D2.Eco.1.3-5). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Social Studies
- Skill
- Choices
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- D2.Eco.1.3-5
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Needs, Wants and Making Choices” is sheet 11 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Social Studies Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on choices.
In the set it comes after “Producers, Consumers and Resources” and before “Earning, Saving and Spending”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
D2.Eco.1.3-5 · C3 Framework for Social Studies · Grades 3–5
Economics
Children learn about needs and wants, goods and services, choices, saving and how people earn and spend money.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Use a real map of your town alongside the map scale and grid sheets. Finding your own street makes the skills matter.
- 2
Talk about a real choice your family made for the opportunity cost sheet — every choice gives something up.
- 3
For the timeline, add three events from your own family history on the back.
