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This activity is for pages 68 and 69 in your Social Science book.

The Economy​ - Where do people work?

There are 3 parts of the economy:

the ​primary sector​, the ​secondary sector​, and the ​tertiary sector​.

Watch this video to learn about the 3 sectors:​ ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qz5NS4iDVs

Part 1: ​The Primary Sector

-We get ​raw materials​from nature, like rocks, trees, animal products, plant products.

Examples:
Crop Farming​: For fruits and vegetables
Livestock Farming​: to keep animals for eggs, milk and meat
Fishing​: to catch fish and shellfish
Mining​: to get rocks and minerals, like granite, marble and salt

Activity 1. ​ Draw some raw materials we can get from each part of the primary sector.

Crop Farming Livestock Farming

Fishing Mining
Part 2: ​The Secondary Sector

-We use the raw materials from the primary sector and transform them into ​manufactured
products
-This transformation is called the ​industrial process​.
-Many people work in ​factories​.

Examples:​

Primary Sector ​Secondary Sector

Trees Paper

Cotton Shirts

Granite Kitchen Counters

Activity 2. ​Answer the questions using pages 68 and 69 in your Social Science book.

1. In Spain, _____ out of 100 people work in the primary sector.

2. In Spain, 22 out of 100 people work in ______________________________.

3. In factories, workers work on_______________________________, where each worker

specialized in one part of the process.

4. In the secondary sector, raw materials are transformed into ______________________.

5. ________________________ keep animals to produce things like eggs, meat and milk.

6. ________________________ catch fish and shellfish to sell to markets.

7. In the primary sector, workers get ______________________, ___________________,

and _______________________ from raw materials.

8. Industries in the _____________________________ include factories and construction.

9. Crop farmers grow _________________, __________________ and ______________.

10. The people who extract rocks and minerals from the earth are called _______________.

Activity 3. Speaking: ​Read the following sentence out loud 3 times.

“In the primary sector, workers obtain raw materials from natural resources. The secondary
sector transforms raw materials into manufactured products.”