businesses in our community consumerism level 200-250 reep created by: elena collins...
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Businesses in Our Community
Consumerism Level 200-250
REEP
Created by: Elena Collins [email protected] August 2002
What are businesses?
The retail stores, manufacturing companies, or services that supply us with our needs and wants.
There are many businesses in our community.
For example:• restaurants• banks• shops
What other types of businesses can you name?• ______________• ______________• ______________
Three types of businesses:
There are 3 main types of business:
• Service
• Manufacturing
• Retail
Each type of business is important to our
community.
Businesses in Our Community
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Retail Manufacturing Services
Retail Vocabulary
Listen for these words in the video.Make sure you can define these words.• downtown• products• goods• customer• service people• employer• employee
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RetailClick on the picture to watch the video.
Retail Review
Why are these businesses called retail?• They SELL goods.Where can you find retail stores in small towns?• downtown Where can you find retails stores in cities?• (shopping) mallWhere do people buy goods in Europe?• open air marketsWhich retail businesses did the video talk about?• grocery store• bicycle store• video store
Manufacturing Vocabulary
Listen for these words in the video.Make sure you can define these words.• grain (n)• resources (n)• wheat (n)• ranch (n)• drill (v, n)• harvest (n)• product (n)
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Manufacturing
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Manufacturing Review
Why are these businesses called manufacturing?• They MAKE the goods they sell.
What kind of manufacturing businesses did the video talk about?
• bakery• farm• ranch• oil• factory
Services Vocabulary
Listen for these words in the video.
Make sure you can define these words.
• repair (v, adj)• veterinarian (n)• boss (n)• provide (v)
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ServicesClick on the picture to watch the video.
Services Review
Why are these businesses called services?
• They DO something for someone, rather than MAKE something.
Which services did the video talk about?
• shoe repair• bank• restaurant• veterinarian
Businesses in Our Community - Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Work in groups. You have 1/2 hour for this activity. Walk around your school and notice the businesses in the neighborhood. What businesses do you see? What do they make, sell, or do? Print out and complete the worksheet on the next page.
You only have 1/2 hour! GO!
Scavenger Hunt Grid
Name ofbusiness
What kind ofbusiness?
Product(s) orService(s)
Retail, Service,Manufacturing
Example: FreshFields
grocery store food, flowers,vitamins
retail
Discussion Questions
• What businesses did you find in our area?
• Which type of businesses do we have the most of?
• Where do you think we get the products and/or services that we don’t have here?
• What conclusions can you make about our local economy?