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The Three Sectors of the Economy

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Can you identify the main resource used in this video and how it is linked to each sector?

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Follow the steps below carefully:

Step 1: Engage with the Content

Watch the video clips and make notes.

Answer all the questions provided.

Step 2: Research Activity

Do online research on a real-life scenario that impacts the economic sectors.

Provide the links of the online research you did.

Step 3: Collect Resources

Print out and find images of different businesses in different sectors, types of labour, and resources, and bring this to class.

Make use of your notes, your textbook, and other materials such as magazines, printouts from the web, and newspapers.

Step 4: Group Activity (In Class)

You will be grouped in teams and participate in a group activity where you will create a poster showing the interconnectedness of the sectors in the economy.

Your poster must include:

·         The type of business

·         The sector(s) it relates to

·         The skills and resources used

·         How the sectors are linked

You must also show how a real-world dilemma, such as foot and mouth disease, has an impact on the sectors.

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Can you identify the three sectors in the economy?

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Name the three main sectors of the economy.

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What is the most important sector in the country?

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Does the primary sector make up the third layer of the economy?

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What sector do you think is the most important sector?

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What is a sector? Is it a grouping of activities in a business that deliver only services?

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A small business like a guest house forms part of the Secondary Sector.

Can you see how all these sectors are linked together?

How does each sector produce its goods?

Can these sectors operate independently of one another?

Do you think these sectors follow a specific order?

Are you able to identify what type of skills are required in each sector and why?

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What is the majority of labour in the primary sector?

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What is the majority of labour in the secondary sector?

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What is the majority of labour in the tertiary sector?

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All three sectors need all three levels of skills to function.

Can you relate to this image? Do you agree that our resources are important to ensure sustainability?

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Businesses that use raw materials to process or manufacture goods are in which sector?

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If a resource collapse in one sector, it will have a positive effect on the other two sectors

You need to do additional research in this activity. Read through the clearly, you need to research on a current environmental dilema in South Africa and write a paragraph on how this dilemma has a direct impact on each sectors of the economy.

You must write your answers in your workbooks and bring this to school. You will need this for the group activity.

Remember to copy your links here to show what you have searched and used for you paragraph.

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Copy your links here:

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Familiarize yourself with the group activity that will be done in class. Remember to bring your images, magazine cut outs and other material you want to use on your poster to school!