Secondary Industry In Atlantic Canada

March 31th, 2015

Class Schedule

-A closer look at the secondary industry.

-Video.

-Activity.

-Concerns.

-Questions

Secondary IndustrySecondary Industry: Economic activities that process raw materials into finished goods. Energy utilities also part of the secondary industry.

-Very closely linked to the Primary sector.

-The primary sector provides the building materials that the secondary industries use to produce their goods.

Example: The timber that comes from forestry is needed by construction companies to build our homes.

Total Number of Households In Canada?

Answer: 13,320,610

What The Factory NeedsFinancing: Where the factory can get credit, tax breaks, and other financial benefits.

Labour Force: Needs a suitable workforce.

Raw Materials: The basic elements of what a factory needs to produce their goods.

Location: Low cost of living for workers, crime rate, and the infrastructure in place to house them.

Markets: Close to where people buy the factory’s goods.

Energy: Access to adequate sources of energy to power the factory.

Links: Transportation and communication for the goods to get to the proper markets.

The Manufacturing Process

First Stage Manufacturing: Basic processing of raw materials.

Example: Turning a tree into different sized sections of lumber that you’d see at a hardware store.

Second Stage Manufacturing: More intensive manufacturing where the processed first stage materials are used to make finished goods.

Example: Using those processed sections of lumber to build a cabinet.

Factories Then and Now-Factories began by using either water power or burning large amounts of coal to run the machinery.

-Lots of workers in separate areas doing a single task.

-Moving assembly line introduced by Henry Ford in 1913.

-As machinery became more complex, less workers needed.

-Several factories currently use robots that have replaced human workers.

Less Skilled Workers

“Modern Times”

-Prior to the Industrial Revolution, most things were made by a worker from start to finish.

-With the creation of factories, skilled labour was no longer essential.

-Workers, therefore, did not have to be very skilled to work in a factory. The less expensive cost to produce shoes forced cobblers to become an almost extinct profession.

Example

The Cobbler Trade: A cobbler made a pair of shoes from first stage materials. He/she would make every part of the shoe and sell the finished product. Skill was required to do this.

A pair of shoes would be made using machinery and workers usually only focused on one specific task such as the sole, or toe of the shoe. They then passed the partially completed shoe to the next person in the assembly process. Limited skill was required to do this.

What Is It Like To Work On An Assembly Line?

Instructions:

1. The class will be divided into teams.

2. Each team member will draw the face of a man or woman.

Include the following:-Head-Eyes-Eyebrows-Hair-Ears-Nose-Mouth

Next?3. Select which drawing is the best in your group and share it with the rest of the class.

5. Each team member will be responsible for a specific feature.

6. The paper will be passed forward from the back of the class to the front, with the finished product passed in to the foreman (Mr. Ramsay).

*No talking , laughing, or messing around. Doing so might result in penalty points.

Debrief

What did you like?

What did you not like?

How did you feel doing this activity?

What are some pros and cons of the assembly line process?

Concerns -Pollution

-Waste

-Consuming lots of power

-Dangerous

Secondary Industry In Atlantic Canada

Continued….

Energy Utilities

Why is this a secondary industry?

This is a secondary industry because energy utilities convert raw materials into energy.

ExampleExample: Maritime Electric purchases power from sources not in Prince Edward Island. This power is produced through hydro, coal and natural gas. We also get a large percentage of our power from the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick.

80% of Prince Edward Island’s power is generated in other provinces. We are supplied with power from two submarine cables under the Northumberland Strait.

Currently working on developing wind power (18% of our power).

Supplies 26, 000 homes and environmentally is the same as removing 21, 000 cars off the road.

Questions

QuestionsSecondary Industry - page 169 – 171

•What is included in secondary industries?

•What are the two types of manufacturing? Explain each.

•In which province is the secondary sector most valuable? What is the value?

•What is diversification? How has it helped McCain grow?