1.1.2+ Classification+of local+and+national firms+into+primary, secondary+and tertiary+sectors

Syllabus Description: Describe and classify business activity in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors • Understand the basis of the classification • Use examples to demonstrate understanding Demonstrate an awareness of the changes that have taken place in these sectors within own country • Identify the key features of the structure of their own national economy

Student Activity:
 * Find definitions and examples of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors
 * Look at your home country. find data on the size of each sector in terms of % of output/GDP and in terms of employment. Within these sectors what are the biggest firms and what do they do.
 * How have these sectors changed over the last 100 years or so. Has the secondary sector got bigger or smaller? What do you think are the causes of these changes?