Primary, secondary and tertiary
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Teaching guide: economic sectors and globalisation
This economic sectors worksheet generator makes A4 exercises to sort jobs into the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, follow the chain of a product, read real employment data by sector and work on globalisation, always with an answer key.
- For
- Elementary 5th, 6th · Middle & High 7th, 8th, 9th (ages 10-14)
- Subject
- History & Society › Geography
- Includes
- Student sheet and answer key
- Format
- A4, to print or save as PDF; new exercises every time
- Price
- Free, no sign-up
- Available in
- Catalan, Spanish, English
Student worksheet 
Answer key The chain of a product
From cocoa to chocolate or cotton to a T-shirt, with the sector of each step.
Real data
Employment by sector in 38 countries in 1991 and 2022, from the World Bank.
Globalisation
Multinationals, offshoring, exports and imports, and a T-shirt made in several countries.
Balance of trade
An imaginary country’s exports and imports to work out the surplus or deficit.
Answer key
Every answer comes from the printed data.
Questions about the economic sectors worksheets
Where does the employment data come from?
From the World Bank (modelled estimates of the International Labour Organization) for 1991 and 2022, rounded to whole percentages that add up to 100.
What about the quaternary sector?
These worksheets use the three sectors every textbook teaches; research and computing work are part of the tertiary sector.
Which grades are they for?
Level 1 suits grades 5 and 6, level 2 grades 6 to 8 and level 3 grade 9.
Which other worksheets go well with these?
How do I print only the answer key?
Click Print and choose “Answer key”, or “Worksheet and answer key” for both.
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