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Warm-up- What does scarce mean? Scarce is when you _____ have enough of something. In regions with hunger/famine food is scarce.
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Levels of Economic Activity How This..Becomes This!
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Primary – Activities involved in removing natural resources from the environment; such as farming, fishing, lumbering, and oil drilling. 1st Level of Economic Activity
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Primary = Agriculture The raising of crops and animals for human use. VOCABULARY # 1 1st Level of Economic Activity
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Secondary – Activities that process raw materials into products that consumers (people) want or other businesses can use. 2 nd Level of Economic Activity
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Manufacturing = secondary Factories make products for people to purchase VOCABULARY # 2 2nd Level of Economic Activity
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Level 3: Wholesale When a business owner buys goods or materials he or she shops from a wholesaler. They sell to a retailer who sells to consumers.
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Level 4: Retail When we, the consumers, buy goods or materials we shop at retail stores.
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What does scarce mean? Scarce is when you do not have enough of something. In regions with hunger/famine food is scarce.
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Where do Hershey Kisses come from?
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Primary FIRST the farmer or crop workers must harvest the cocoa beans. 1st Level of Economic Activity
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Secondary SECOND the factory worker transforms the beans into chocolate drops. 2nd Level of Economic Activity
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Level 3: Wholesale The Store Owner buys goods or materials he or she shops from a wholesaler. They sell to a retailer who sells to consumers.
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Level 4: Retail Then the consumers, buy goods or materials when we shop at retail stores.
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services Doctor, Model, Teacher, Salesman, Lawyers, Principals, Policemen, Firemen, Emergency Medical Trained Firemen, Emergency Medical Trained Professionals… Professionals… Can you name any more?
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Thinking About It For the following slides decide which of the four economic activities is represented. Also be prepared to tell why.
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lobsterman Primary – He takes lobsters from the oceans.
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model – She provides a service for magazines and catalogue publishers.
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news anchor
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hair stylist
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accountant
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lumberjack PRIMARY Why?
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metal worker SECONDARY Why?
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server
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chef SECONDARY Why?
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rancher PRIMARY Why?
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cab driver
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astronaut
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principal
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LEFT SIDE ACTIVITY: From Farming to Factories… Turn over your paper and give examples of each level next to the definition. * Be creative and make up your own example, not something that we have mentioned.
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