Section outline


  • Recapping on what we have learnt 


    We are learning to understand what a consumer is

    We are learning to differentiate between goods and services, wants and needs


    Consumers are users of goods and services

    On a new page in your book, write the words "I am a consumer" in the middle of your page.  Draw arrows out from the word and add the sub titles, food, technology, clothes, transport and school.

    Now, underneath each subtitle brainstorm exactly what you have consumed during the morning up until now and list under the appropriate sub title.



       Copy this table down in your book


    It’s in the bag.     Is it a ‘good’? Is it a ‘service’? Is it both?

    In your book, draw a table that has three columns.  Give it five rows.

    Reading the sentences below, place them in the right column

    • Going to the hairdressers

    • Buying a mobile phone and network coverage

    • Getting a home delivered pizza

    • Taking a dog to the vet

    • Buying some cat biscuits for your kitten

    • A new TV which is ready to go

    • A TV repairman to come and install the arial

    • Using the train to go into the city

    • The Auckland Police

    • Going to the Dentist