Economic Activity: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary

Categories: Geography, Key Stage 3
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About Course

Farming, factories, shops and research labs: every job belongs to an economic sector. This course explains the four sectors, how a country’s employment structure changes as it develops, why the UK’s jobs shifted from industry to services, and how to read and describe employment data like a geographer.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Classify jobs into primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors
  • Describe and explain how employment structures change over time (the Clark–Fisher model)
  • Explain deindustrialisation and the growth of services in the UK
  • Interpret pie charts and percentages of employment data

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • The Four Economic Sectors
  • How Employment Structures Change
  • Why the UK Changed: Deindustrialisation and Services

For grown-ups
Sources and further reading for parents, carers and teachers.

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