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Student Assignment: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Name ________________________________________Date ____________________

Period/Class ___________________________________________________________

Directions
Identify the level (1-5) by applying Maslow’s theory to the following real life scenarios.

____ 1. As Tyrone studied in smaller chunks of time, repeatedly over a few weeks, his quiz grades
improved. He began to see himself as a good student as did his teachers.

____ 2. Lastri, 7 years old, becomes a Siaga Mula in the Gerakan Pramuka (Indonesian Girl Scouts),
proudly wears her new beige uniform and red scarf to the meeting.

____ 3. Former Vice-President Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, is nominated for an Oscar and
wins. Then, Al Gore wins the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize!

____ 4. As the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(L.T.T.E.) escalated, women and children ran through a river to escape being shelled from both
sides.

____ 5. Liam’s stomach was grumbling during class. He watched the hands on the clock tick toward the
end of class and lunch time, not really hearing Mr. McNeely’s lecture.

____ 6. The perpetrators at Columbine H.S. felt isolated and alienated from their peers, lashing out in a
hate-filled murderous rampage.

____ 7. In an effort to make a productive change for the better, a smiling Oprah Winfrey spent $40
million dollars opening a new school for girls in South Africa.

____ 8. On Valentine’s Day, everyone in Mrs. French’s 3rd grade class exchanged valentines with a
personalized message about why each student is ‘a nice person.”

____ 9. Larry, age 12, was afraid to go to school because another boy was constantly calling him names,
embarrassing him, so he pretended to be sick and stayed home.

____ 10. Daquain was the only one from his high school class who went to T.C.N.J. He and his
roommate happily pledged and joined a fraternity.

____ 11. Teri learned basic kung fu in an effort to feel better about working the night shift at Pathmark.

____ 12. After the restructuring of the company in an effort to reduce costs, Azhure was happy to accept
her appointment as supervisor of two departments.

____ 13. While learning how to scuba dive, Ernesto’s air tank malfunctioned, causing the instructors to
take emergency action.

____ 14. A few months after her marriage, Vanessa began to fully enjoy her new role as wife and partner
to her husband.

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____ 15. While serving a 10-year prison term for armed robbery, Charlie vowed to change his life,
completed an online G.E.D. and then earned his B.S. degree in marketing.

____ 16. In 2009, as the unemployment rate climbed to 10.1% in Cairo, Sebek despaired of ever being
able to care properly for his family, as a man should.
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____ 17. The citizens of Harare, Zimbabwe experienced a deadly outbreak of cholera in part due to lack
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of access safe water and poor sanitation, sickening almost 100,000 people and killing 4,200.

____ 18. With her parents divorcing, her father unemployed, and having to move to a new city,
Fernanda’s grades fell as drastically as her weight.

____ 19. In 2002, Daniel Libeskind won the invitational competition to develop a master plan for the
4 World Trade Center’s redevelopment.

____ 20. Ali’s stomach became upset as he approached the checkpoint manned by armed national
3 soldiers. Stopping, he showed identification cards and watched as his car was searched.

____ 21. Violent ethnic conflict in that displaced 250,000 people, who are housed in state-run camps as
S aid agencies provide water and food.

____ 22. In Afghanistan, Kinah was not permitted to attend school under the Taliban. Since the 2002
z fall of the Taliban, she enrolled in Girls School No. 2 and has learned to read and write.

____ 23. After 10 years of intense study, Shawnika played Rachmaninov`s 3rd Piano Concerto perfectly
at her audition and was admitted to the Juilliard School of Music.
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____ 24. Arthur Goldberg served as U.S. Secretary of Labor before being appointed as a Justice of the
Supreme Court by President Kennedy.
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____ 25. Last week, Farzin’s family was forced to flee their Kandahar home after violence escalated,
resulting in the bombing of their village by insurgents.
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