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SECTION 5: PRODUCTION (cont’d)

Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities

To facilitate students’ attainment of the objectives of this Section, teachers/facilitators are encouraged
to engage students in the teaching and learning activities below.

1. Students can make presentations on the Caribbean industries based on resources found in the
region. Examples include:

(a) The La Brea Pitch Lake in Trinidad and construction of roads in the Caribbean.

(b) Mining of limestone and its use in manufacturing cement at the TCL Group of
companies including Arawak Cement Company Limited, Barbados; Caribbean Cement
Company Limited, Jamaica; TCL Guyana Inc; and TCL Trading Company Limited,
Anguilla.

(c) Beaches, national parks and tourism services.

2. Have students identify a large business that they can study in order to identify different
features based on the concepts and principles being taught in the syllabus.

3. Engage students in discussion about the levels of production. Particular attention should be
paid to differentiating between the surplus and export levels.

4. Ask students to identify small businesses in their communities and examine the advantages
and the disadvantages. Teachers can discuss experiences with small businesses (examples
include mechanic shops, tradesmen and small contractors) especially when they take long to
respond to queries.

RESOURCES Comprehensive Economics for CSEC. Caribbean Educational
Bahaw, E. and Mollick, M. Publishers, 2008.

Robinson, K. and Cooke, N. Economics for CSEC with SBA, Study Guide and Exercises. Carlong
Publishers, 2011.
Robinson, K. and Hamil, S.
Principles of Business for CSEC with SBA, Study Guide and
Stephens-James, L. and Exercises. Carlong Publishers, 2011.
Bowen, M. et al.
Stimpson, P. and Harvey, Y. Entrepreneurship for Caribbean Students. Ian Randle Publishers,
et al. 2014.

Principles of Business for CSEC. Nelson-Thornes, 2014.

WEBSITES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_InI4S3fZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj1WWv_roa0

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