1. Warm up How do you make this product?
What if I told you there is actually NO ONE in the world that can answer this question?

2. I, Pencil

3. What kind of jobs might be available in a less developed nation?

4. Levels of Economic Activities
11A. Understand the connections between levels of development and economic activities

5. Guiding Questions
Are all jobs in an economy the same?
Is there a connection to the types of jobs in a country and that country’s level of development?

6. THE 4 LEVELS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
PRIMARY LEVEL- gathering natural resources or raw materials from the Earth
(ex: farming, timber, fishing, mining…)
Blue Bell- Milking the cow and growing the sugar cane

7. The 4 LEVELS OF INDUSTRY- ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
SECONDARY LEVEL- changing primary/raw materials into usable products (manufacturing)
More developed countries have a well established industrial base.
May show a switch from less developed to newly industrialized nation.
Blue Bell-
Making ice cream at the creamery or manufacturing plant

8. The 4 LEVELS OF INDUSTRY- ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
TERTIARY LEVEL- provides services to people or to businesses (ex: lawyers, doctors, teachers, firefighters…)
Blue Bell-
The cashier at Kroger that sells you the ice cream

9. The 4 LEVELS OF INDUSTRY- ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
QUATERNARY LEVEL--technology, information systems, research, management, administration, government
Blue Bell- CEO of Blue Bell or Kroger; a scientist trying to improve the flavor or processing procedures

10. Think, Pair, and Share: Come up with a product and show how it moves through each sector of the economy.
Primary—resources to use and where each is from
Secondary—processing it: make it, produce it
Tertiary—service/selling
Quaternary—research and development, management

11. Practice! At each step, name the level of economic activity occurring.

12. How does a country’s level of economic activity affect their level of development?
Less Developed
Most jobs will be in the primary level
Newly Industrialized
Transition into the secondary industry, maybe some tertiary
More Developed
Most jobs in tertiary and quaternary

13. (ex: Made by American companies)
Other terms to know:
Gross National Product (GNP)- total value of goods and services produced BY a country in a year.
(ex: Made by American companies)
Infrastructure- roads, bridges, power plants, transportation facilities, etc. which are needed to build industry and move goods and services.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)- total value of goods and services produced IN a country in a year.
(ex: Made in America)

14. Assignment
See handout