Levels of Economic Activity
Table of Contents
Date Title Lesson #
9/16 Cover Page 10
9/16 Political Systems 11
9/18 Economics 12
9/21 Economic Systems 13
9/22 Levels of Economic Activity 14
1. Draw a line underneath your Economics page.
2. Write the title “Levels of Economic Activity”
• Economic Activities activities that
create products that are bought or sold.
– Examples: Fishing
Task Write three economic activities next to
Examples: in your notebook.
Four Levels of Economic Activity
• Rich countries have 4 Levels of Economic
Activity.
• Poor countries do not have 4 levels.
Four Levels of Economic Activity
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Quaternary
• PRIMARY - Process of
extracting (getting)
natural resources.
• Any country can extract
their natural resources.
• Example Ozarka
extracts water from a
well.
Water Well
• SECONDARY – creating
products out of the natural
resource
• Example The Ozarka
plant bottles and purifies
the water they extracted.
• Task Choose a natural
resource. Create a real-life
situation that shows that
resource going from the
primary level to the
secondary level.
Water Production – Is this a primary or secondary activity?
• TERTIARY - Providing professional services
and the services required to distribute the
products.
• Example Kroger sells you and I the water.
• QUATERNARY - Process of STUDYING a product
research to improve on its production.
• Example Ozarka uses data from Utah State’s Water
Research lab to increase their product’s purity.
Worldwide Bottled Water
Consumption
Directions:
• You are now done with the notes portion
of the lesson.
• Pick up a green sheet on the table in front
of my desk.
• Complete the activities on the following
slides on the green sheet.
Today’s Challenge – Economic Levels of
Activity Outline
• Who can create the best
plan and economic activity
outline for his/her Example
company? 1. Resource: Water
• Choose a natural resource. 2. Product: Bottled
Water
• Determine what product
you will produce. 3. Company Name:
• Create a name for your Orsarka
company. 4. Complete the
• Complete the chart on the chart on the green
green piece of paper for page.
your natural resource.
Natural Resources
• If you are struggling, choose from the list below.
– Oil - Corn
– Fishing - Diamonds
– Tomatoes - Cattle
– Wheat - Trees
– Tobacco
– You may also come up with your own natural
resource, but get it approved by me first.
• What is one product (good) you can make from
your natural resource?