Unit 4: The economic organization of society. Third Year of Secondary School. This unit was created in the School Year 2019-2020. It was designed in Valencia, for the IES Juan de Garay's students. Teacher: Pau Tobar.

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UNIT 4
THE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY
Teacher:
Pau Tobar

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CONTENTS
● Capitalism and social classes
● Capitalism and crisis
● Production, distribution and
consumption
● Factors affecting production: natural
resources, labour, capital and technology
● Economic agents: people, public sector
and companies
● Economic sectors: primary, secondary
and tertiary
● Population and work

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CAPITALISM AND SOCIAL CLASSES
Answer these questions:
a) Use the outline to define capitalism.
b) Define the main classes in capitalism.

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CAPITALISM
AND CRISIS
Use the outline to
answer these questions
a) Find out and explain
the economic meaning
of these concepts:
private initiative,
competition law and
Law of supply and
demand.
b) Define:
Overproduction,
Collapse,
Unemployment and
Decrease in demand.

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●
Define: Output,
Profit fall, Profit
rise, Recovery,
Boom,
Recession and
Depression.
●
Write a
composition
explaining the
“Boom and bust
cycle”.
CAPITALISM
AND CRISIS

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PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION
AND CONSUMPTION
●
What was the last
thing you bought in
a shop?
●
Draw a timeline
that represents
that product’s
journey from the
beginning to the
end. Use the
concepts showed in
this slide.

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FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCTION:
NATURAL RESOURCES, LABOUR, CAPITAL
AND TECHNOLOGY
Activity: Summarize the key ingredients for the production of goods

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ECONOMIC AGENTS:
PEOPLE, PUBLIC SECTOR AND COMPANIES
●
Write a
composition
explaining the
economic circuit
and the existing
relation between
the three
economic
agents.

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ECONOMIC SECTORS:
PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY

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TEST YOURSELF
●
Complete the table using the following jobs:
farmer, factory worker, lumberjack, massage
therapist, machine operator, clerk, stockbreeder,
bricklayer, shop assistant, miner, doctor, fisher.
SECTOR JOB
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
TERTIARY

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ECONOMIC SECTORS:
PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY
Activities:
●
What percentage of the Active Population in our city
work in…?
a) The primary sector
b) The secondary sector
c) The tertiary sector
●
Which economic sector prevails in our city? Why?

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THINK ABOUT IT
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What does tax mean?
●
How are our taxes spent?
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Imagine what would happen if there
were not any taxes. Write a composition
explaining what kind of problems could
occur.

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TAXES AND PUBLIC SPENDING IN SPAIN
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What are the most important outlays in the Spanish State
budget?
●
How are these outlays defrayed?

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POPULATION AND WORK
Activities:
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Explain the differences between Active and Inactive Population.
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Explain ther difference between employed and unemployed
people.
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What kind of people are considered Inactive Population?

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INVESTIGATE!
What do Spanish
people do?
●
How many people
would be
considered Active
Population?
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How many people
would be
considered inactive
population? (Trick
question!)
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Calculate the
percentages of
each group of
people in the chart.

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UNEMPLOYMENT IN SPAIN
Answer these questions:
●
What percentage of the active
population are unemployed?
●
Describe the conditions needed to
get the Unemployment Benefits in
Spain.
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How are Unemployment Benefits
paid in Spain?

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GENDER SALARY GAP IN SPAIN
Answer these questions:
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Describe the gender salary gap in Spain (wages and pensions).
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Find out the reasons of this salary gap and write a composition
explaining them.

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UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE
Answer the questions:
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What European regions
have the lowest
unemployement rate?
●
What European regions
have the highest
unemployement rate?

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