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Titulohe secondary sector
How to start
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Revise jobs from the primary sector (fisherman, farmer,
miner) and remind the students that workers in the primary
sector get resources from nature.
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Ask the students to think of jobs where people transform
natural resources into man-made products. For example,
ask:
Who works with wood to make chairs, tables and beds?
(carpenters, factory workers). Additional examples include:
builders, craftsmen, seamstresses, cooks.
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Point out that people with jobs in the primary sector obtain
natural resources while those in the secondary sector
change natural products into manufactured (man-made)
ones.
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If possible, show images of man-made products from
natural resources, for example, a wooden chair, a cotton
dress, some strawberry jam. Ask the students to think of
the raw material needed to make these products.
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Teaching tip
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Keep in mind that students might struggle expressing their
ideas in English but encourage them to try and recast their
answers in English if they use L1.
Content objectives
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Understand jobs that are part of the secondary sector.
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Distinguish between raw materials and products.
Vocabulary
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carpenter, chair, cheese, factory workers, milk, natural
resources, products, rawmaterials, sweater, wood, wool
Structures
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Carpenters
transform
rawmaterial into products.
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We
use
milk to make cheese.
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Chairs
are made of
wood.
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We
get
wool from sheep.
Activities: step-by-step guide
Activity 1
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Ask the students to look at the pictures and to name the
items. Explain that they need to match the raw material to
the products. When they have finished, they can check their
answers with a partner. Check answers.
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Ask the students where the resources to make the chair,
sweater and cheese came from. Did they come from plants
or animals?
Activity 2
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Ask the students to look at the words and to write them
in the correct column. When they have finished, they can
check their answers with a partner. Check answers.
Assessment opportunity
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As the students do the task, walk around the class informally
checking progress and understanding.
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Ask what things we would not have if the secondary sector
suddenly stopped working. Would we have food to eat?
Would we have clothes to wear? Would we have devices at
home or at school? Would we have toys?
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Read the sentence at the bottom of the page.
Extra ideas!
Revision
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Ask the students to look through recycled brochures or
magazines to identify products that are manufactured.
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Mime activities such as sewing, knitting, making cheese,
making furniture, building a house to illustrate different
jobs in the secondary sector.
Extension
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Ask the students if they can think of any factories in their
town or city. What do they make in the factory?
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Fun Factory
. Ask the students to work in groups of 3 and
to design and draw a fun factory. What does the factory
produce? Where do the raw materials for the manufactured
items come from?
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Looking at labels
. Ask the students to be aware of where
things they wear are manufactured. Show the label of a
