encourage pupils to think about how they can meet their own needs as best as possible, while also taking into account the needs of others
encourage students to think about how they should not be selfish and should be able to meet the needs of others in their environment as best they can
learn from history by rigorously evaluating the mistakes of previous generations and not repeating them
learn from history, more specifically look at how different people in the past tried to fulfil their basic needs and whether they did so in a way that was good for everyone else
