BTEC BUSINESS LEVEL 2 – UNIT 1

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary sector (p3)Assignment overview for p3 – what you need to do..

1. Write an essay that describes the ways in which business activities are classified i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary.

2. You are expected to describe each sector and give general examples of the types of organisations in each sector.

3. You will also be expected to give real examples of local and national businesses and explain why they qualify for the sector.

Sector General examples that I will use in my article

Real example that I will use in my article

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Name______________ Date_____________

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Primary ,Secondary and Tertiary sector(p3)Task 1. MAKE NOTES ON PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

TERTIARY

YOU WILL USE THESE NOTES IN YOUR ESSAY - SO MAKE PLENTY!

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Task 2. Examples of Primary

(a) Use the Internet(b) Look for examples of Primary Sector businesses (not Primary schools)(c) Add images of primary sector businesses to a word doc and save it as

“Primary” – it will look like the one below. (d) Make notes about each image e.g these are cranberry farmers in USA and

they are in the primary sector because they grow the cranberries. (e) Make sure the Word doc has your name, the date and the header; BTEC

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YOU WILL USE THESE IMAGES IN YOUR ESSAY

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Task 2. Examples of Secondary

(a) Use the Internet(b) Look for examples of Secondary Sector businesses (not Secondary

schools)

(c) Add images of secondary sector businesses to a word doc and save it as “Secondary”

(d) Make notes about each image e.g this is a picture of the Toyota car factory and it is in the secondary sector because they make cars

(e) Make sure the Word doc has your name, the date and the header; BTEC Business Level 2 Unit 1 (p3)

YOU WILL USE THESE IMAGES IN YOUR ESSAY

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Task 2. Examples of Tertiary

(a) Use the Internet(b) Look for examples of Tertiary Sector businesses (not Tertiary colleges)(c) Add images of Tertiary sector businesses to a word doc and save it as

“Tertiary”(d) Make notes about each image e.g (e) Make sure the Word doc has your name, the date and the header; BTEC

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YOU WILL USE THESE IMAGES IN YOUR ESSAY

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(a) Now write your ESSAY(b) Include information on the Primary sector with pictures and examples, do

the same for the secondary and the tertiary sector. (c) You can use the template > student common> BTEC first or make your

own

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Primary ,Secondary and Tertiary sector (M2)

MERIT WORK

Those going for the merit need to include:

Activity 2 (M2)

describe how the sizes of the sectors are measured; explain the various areas of growth or decline in all three sectors of business activity in the

UK making reference to any local or regional fluctuations; include data and graphs and explain how the data you have chosen can be used as indicative

evidence of a growth or decline in a particular sector; Speculate and comment on possible reasons for such changes.

How to do this:

1) Write about Growth and decline of sectors.

2) Include a graph that shows the changes in sizes of the sectors in UK (see data in table below) and explain the reasons for the trends you see.

Year

Primary Secondary Tertiary

1700 90% 8% 3%

1750 80% 18% 3%

1800 57% 38% 7%

1850 35% 55% 10%

1900 25% 65% 12%

1950 18% 60% 22%

2000 10% 15% 75%

2050 7% 10% 88%

Figure 1: This is an example of a chart

3) On the Internet Read the bitesize page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/economic_change/characteristics_industry_rev3.shtml and this will help you too.