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Unit: Rev 3 Title: Economic activity and energy Week: 24
Key idea 1: Economic activity sustains people and involves output from a number of different economic sectors.
The classification of employment by sector: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary.
The relative importance of these economic sectors changes with development and varies between and within countries.
Informal employment: characteristics and causes.
A comparative study of sectoral shifts in one HIC and one LIC the textbook actually compares 3
Key idea 2: The location and growth of particular types of economic activity are influenced by a range of factors.
Factors affecting the location and growth of tertiary and quaternary activities
(prosperity, new technology, accessibility, transport, government policy).
Factors affecting the changing location of manufacturing (TNCs, raw materials, labour, new technology, government policy).
Case study of the factors affecting the development and location of one hightech industry.
Case study of recent employment changes within an area of a HIC.* could not see one of these in the textbook.
Key idea 3: Increased economic production creates a rising demand for energy and/or energy efficiency.
The rising demand for energy and the energy gap.
The concept of ‘precious’ energy and the need for energy efficiency.
The relative merits of using renewable (eg wind, solar and nuclear power) versus nonrenewable sources of energy (eg fossil fuels).
Research into energy sources of home country.
Investigating peoples’ views on the use of renewable and non-renewable energy
(fieldwork opportunity).
Activity
Primary
Key ideas
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
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Economic sectoral shifts in the UK
Pre- , industrial or post- ? Why?
GDP – money made   Employment structure – people working
Informal employment – what is it and why do people do it? Examples.
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Cycle of growth of tertiary and quaternary industry
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Factors affecting the location of tertiary and quaternary industry
What does high tech industry need?
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Recent employment changes:
What was it like?
Why did it change?
Why did Nissan move there?
The site if the Nissan factory:
Energy:
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What it is needed for:
Primary energy is
For example
Secondary industry is
For example
Renewable energy is
For example
Non-renewable energy is
For example
Where does our energy come from?
Why are we using more and more energy?(energy consumption)
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Energy gap?
Why are non-renewables precious energy?
Energy conservation
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