The Geography Department
GCSE
Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
A3 The Economic World
1 Sectors of industry and employment
Chapter 2 pages 48-51
Tomorrow's Geography Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren,
published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
students should - Describe and explain how the importance of the different sectors changes over time.
A LG production line in Wales
The change in relative importance of the sectors over time within countries at different states of development.
(1 lesson)
Sectors of Industry
Tomorrow's Geography pages 48-49
Write a brief description of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of employment. Add some examples of jobs in each sector.
Draw the divided bar charts for Mali, Taiwan and Germany. From the text on page 49, explain the distribution of jobs in each country.
7.1 Naming industry sectors ... including a triangular graph.
Changes in the sectors of industry
Tomorrow's Geography pages 48-49
Answer either Foundation or Higher questions from page 50. Draw fig 3.7a from page 50, when you come to question 3 in Higher.
If you do Foundation draw fig 3.7a at the end of your questions.
Which way of showing changing employment structure do you prefer - a line chart or a number of pie graphs? Give reasons for your choice and say if each one has advantages.
Homework: Worksheet 3A Wordsearch on sectors of employment
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