This strand explores how regional and international movement of goods, people, and services shapes Caribbean society. Students examine consumer rights, tourism benefits and challenges, sustainable development through international relations, resource conservation, and economic sectors while developing skills for responsible economic decision-making.
Recognize that regional and international movement of goods, people, and services shapes Caribbean society.
Students explore consumer rights (safety, information, choice, redress) and responsibilities, learn to create budgets, and understand the value of making responsible consumer decisions for economic well-being.
Knowledge, Skills, and Values outcomes with codes
Suggested activities and teaching approaches
Consumer Rights: Right to Safety, Right to Be Informed, Right to Be Heard, Right to Choose, Right to Satisfaction of Essential Needs, Right to Redress, Right to Consumer Education, Right to a Healthy Environment. Responsibilities include Critical Awareness, Action, Social and Environmental Responsibility.
Tourism: Benefits include foreign exchange, job creation, infrastructure development, cultural exchange. Challenges include environmental degradation, cultural erosion, seasonal employment, dependency on foreign markets. Types: Ecotourism, cultural, adventure, cruise, heritage tourism.
Resources: Renewable (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass). Non-renewable (fossil fuels, minerals, nuclear fuels). Preservation keeps nature in natural state; Conservation allows sustainable use while protecting for future.
Economic Sectors: Primary (agriculture, mining, forestry), Secondary (manufacturing, construction), Tertiary (services, retail, healthcare), Quaternary (IT, research, consulting), Quinary (high-level decision making). Caribbean industries vary by region: Lesser Antilles (tourism, agriculture), Greater Antilles (manufacturing), Mainland (oil, agriculture).
Hands-on activities and interactive learning experiences for Economic Decision Making
Engage students with practical activities covering consumer rights, tourism impacts, sustainable development, resource conservation, and economic sectors. Each activity is designed to develop critical thinking and real-world application skills.
