Levels of Economic Activity Table of Contents DateTitleLesson # 9/2Tools5 9/3Physical Processes6 9/23Climographs7 **Human Geography** 9/25Political Systems8.

Levels of Economic Activity

Table of Contents

Date Title Lesson #

9/2 Tools 5

9/3 Physical Processes 6

9/23 Climographs 7

**Human Geography**

9/25 Political Systems 8

9/26 Economic Systems 9

9/29 Levels of Economic Activity 10

Economic Activities

• Economic Activities any activity that creates a product that can be bought or sold.

• Examples: Fishing

Task Write three economic activities next to Examples: in your notebook.

Four Levels of Economic Activity

• Countries can have up to four levels of economic activity.

But

• Not every country has all four levels.

• Four Levels of Economic Activity1. Primary2. Secondary3. Tertiary4. Quaternary

Primary Level

• Process of extracting natural resources. – Extracting = going and

getting them, harvesting them

• Any country can extract their natural resources.

• Example Ozarka extracts water out of the ground.

Water Well

Secondary Level

• Adding value to natural resources and creating products.

• Example The Ozarka plant bottles and purifies the water they extracted.

• Task Choose a natural resource. Create a real-life situation that shows that resource going from the primary level to the secondary level.

Water Production – Is this a primary or secondary activity?

Tertiary Level

• Providing professional services and the services required to distribute the products.

• Example Kroger sells you and I the water.

Quaternary Level• Process of STUDYING product research and improving

on its production.

• Example Ozarka uses data from Utah State’s Water Research lab to increase their product’s purity.

Worldwide Bottled Water Consumption

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary Game

1. I put up a picture.

2. Write the name of the picture and your answer

3. Put your head down, eyes closed

4. Put up your decision using your fingers. 1 – Primary, 2 – Secondary, 3 – Tertiary, 4 – Quaternary.

5. Lift up your head when you hear the sound.

Picture Level

Tomato Primary

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary?

Cotton ready to be harvested.

Groups

• Your team will be assigned a natural resource from the list below. – Oil - Corn– Fishing - Diamonds– Tomatoes - Cattle– Wheat - Trees– Tobacco– You may also come up with your own natural

resource, but get it approved by me first.

• What is one product (good) you can make from your natural resource?

Conversation Yes, whisper. Talk only to members of your group.

Help 1. directions, 2. notebook, 3. other kids, 4. HAND, 5. text,

Activity Completing a chart.

Answering a couple of questions.

Movement Yes to get with your group.

No, seat at all times, use hand signals.

In your regular seat when the timer goes off.

Participation Right = sitting, completing to chart, whispering

Wrong = not working, talking loudly, not seated

Activity Group Work

Follow-up questions• Directions: Beneath each box on your Group Activity

chart write the answer to the following questions. Please only write the answer and your explanation.

• Economic activity at the primary level occurs in _______ areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.

• Economic activity at the secondary level occurs in _______ areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.

• Economic activity at the tertiary level occurs in _______ areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.

• Economic activity at the quaternary level occurs in _______ areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.

Today’s Challenge

• Who can create the richest company?

• Choose a natural resource. • Determine what product you

will produce.• Create a name for your

company. • Complete the chart on the

green piece of paper for your natural resource.

Example

1. Resource: Water

2. Product: Bottled Water

3. Company Name: Orsarka

4. Complete the chart on the green page.

Infrastructure

• Turn to p. 95 and

Why is that located there?

• Urban – inner-city, downtown, high population

• Suburban – just outside of the city, medium population

• Rural – countryside, low population

Where would these three primary activities occur?

Population Density of Texas

Where will you place your tertiary activities?

Now let’s go global…

• In today’s economy you can’t be considered a major player unless you are selling your goods worldwide.

• Based on the upcoming information, your job is to determine which country you should focus your business on in the near future.

Directions

• It is up to you to determine whether the following countries are developed or developing.

• Iceland (pg. 268)• Malawi (pg. 410)• Afghanistan (pg. 484)• Canada (pg. 114)

• Use the chart provided to help you make your decision.

Blue = Ground water

Yellow = major freshwater

Green = resevoirs

All other colors represent minor streams