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7-5 Britain 

 

 

4  Jobs and wealth

 

Geog123   book 1

 

pages 60-61   5.6 What kind of work do we do?

pages 62-63  5.7 Richer? Poorer?

 

employment  industry

primary    secondary

tertiary  quaternary

 

 

New offices going up at Canary Wharf, London, a boom area in the south-east

 

Work - the economy

  1. Explain what economic activity is

  2. Geog1 page 61 classify the jobs into the table in qn. 3. This can be done on the MS Word sheet: Some of the UK's jobs. Fill in the boxes to explain what primary, secondary and tertiary industry.

  3. Geog1 page 61 qns 4-7 according to time available.

 

Rich regions and poor regions

  1. Not all of the UK is as rich as the south-east. Using Geog1 page 62, say why this area is wealthy. again, using the map on page 62, pick out a poor area and give a reason for this.

  2. Geog1 page 63 qns. 2 & 3.

  3. What is the government doing to try to make things more equal? (top of page 63)

  4. Geog1 page 63  qn. 5 on a  MS Word sheet How a new factory can help a poor area

 

   

7-5 Britain 1 UK in maps

7-5 Britain 2 People - time and place

7-5 Britain 3 The weather

7-5 Britain 4 Jobs and wealth

 

Year 7 work

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