Economic Sectors

Student Activities

1. Pre-game set up

• Students will be placed in 3 groups and assigned (by teacher or at random) which sector of the economy they will be required to role play

i. Sectors include

- Primary – extraction of raw materials (these students will be the only ones allowed to mine)

- Secondary – manufacturing (these students will be in charge of manufacturing items)

- Tertiary – provided distribution of items (these students will be given some currency at the beginning of simulation and tasked with purchasing and selling products to the other groups)

• Students will be given 15 minutes to plan how they wish to execute the simulation

2. Round 1

• Students will arrive in Minecraft world and have 20 minutes to mine, build, explore, however they would like. The main objective is to make a profit. They may do this any way they wish, but cannot deviate from their roles

• At the end of the round they will record how much profit they have made.

• After the 20 minutes, students will have 5 minutes to regroup, form companies, merge with other groups, and reflect on how to improve their output.

3. Round 2

• Students will have another 20 minutes to play. The objective remains the same (make as much profit as possible)

• At the end of round, students will be asked to reflect on round two.

4. Round 3

• Final round, students will work for 20 minutes to finalize how they will maximize their profits