Basic needs: basic needs bingo

Link the description of a basic need to one of the pictures by asking relevant questions about the different basic needs.

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A step-by-step guide to play the game

1

Gather two players or two groups of players and hand out one ‘Basic Needs’ poster to both players/groups. Make sure the distance between the players/groups is not too big, so the players can hear each other, but cannot see each other’s posters.

2

Each group picks one of the 25 basic needs depicted on the poster and keeps it a secret.

3

Now take turns asking yes/no questions to figure out which basic need the other group picked. E.g. Is it a psychological need? Is this an everyday basic need?

4

The players/ groups put a bottle cap (or sticker) on each basic need that no longer meets the characteristics that they asked for. E.g. All psychological needs are out. All everyday basic needs are out.

5

Whoever is the fastest in guessing which basic need the other player/ group picked, wins the game.

Extra game information

The game contains a red and a green poster with each poster featuring the same 25 different objects. Each object is linked to the Maslow's hierarchy of needs which divides basic needs into five categories:

  1. Physiological needs: food, water, clothes etc
  2. Safety needs: doctor, justice, money etc
  3. Social needs: communication tools, family etc
  4. Esteem and self-fulfillment needs: books, information etc

Variations

  • Instead of using the posters, you can put a number of objects in the middle of the circle that are basic needs according to the players. Now you can play the same game as above.
  • Introduce the different categories of basic needs to the children: ask them to identify all the physiological needs, safety needs, social needs etc ...

Specific learning objectives

Learn about basic needs.

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