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Pre-task Discussion
Sam's Soccer Ball Factory activity sheet is an example of an economy.
An economy is made up of producers and consumers.
Ask students:
"What is being produced?"
"What does the picture tell you?"
"What are the arrows showing?"
"Where do the soccer balls go once they leave the factory?"
"What do you think export means?" (B 8)
"Why do you think Sam would export soccer balls to other countries?"
"What is the name of 2 shops which sell Sam’s soccer balls?"
"Find Sam at E 9. "
» "What do you think demand means?"
» "What has happened to Sam’s business in the last 5 years?"
"What might happen to Sam’s business if Australia won the next Soccer World Cup?"
"What has happened to the consumers at H 9? What does his friend at J 10 suggest?"
Questions on the student activity sheet are:
Look at the picture carefully and answer these questions in your activity books.
1. What resources are used to make soccer balls at Sam’s factory?
2. What happens at Distribution? (A 6)
3. A factory-worker at E 3 is speaking to one of the shopkeepers who sells soccer balls at I 3.
The shopkeeper has some important information for Sam’s factory. What will Sam’s factory need
to do to keep consumers happy?
4. What does Sam do with the money he earns at his factory? (G 1)
5. Sam’s factory is making more balls now compared to 5 years ago.
To make more balls, what would have changed at the factory with:
a. human resources
b. natural resources
c. capital resources?
6. What could Sam do if volleyball became very popular?
7. List all the different jobs needed before soccer balls can be sold in shops.
Conclusion
Ask students:
“Why do producers make goods and services that consumers want?”
“What would happen to a factory which produces things that consumers don’t want?”
Î Students prepare answers to Sam’s Soccer Ball Factory activity and justify their answers.
Students complete a reflection strip statement:
I learnt that when consumers really want something, producers need to ...
Early Finisher/Assessment Task
Students order each step in the production, manufacture and distribution of coloured pencils to consumers.
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