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The UK's imports and exports
I can describe the UK's main imports and exports and can explain why we trade those products.
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- Year 8
The UK's imports and exports
I can describe the UK's main imports and exports and can explain why we trade those products.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The UK trades goods and products with countries around the world.
- The UK imports food, products and other goods that it does not produce itself.
- The UK exports goods and manufactured products produced here to other countries that want to buy them.
Keywords
Trade - the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people, companies and countries
Import - goods and services brought in from another country
Export - goods and services sold to another country
Manuacturing - the making of goods on a large scale, often using machinery
Common misconception
Most of our imports in the UK come from China.
Most of our imports in the UK come from the US and EU countries.
Make clear to students that you can import and export services. For example, you can sell an educational course.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is globalisation?
What is globalisation?
A type of social media
A new form of government
A way of growing food
Q2.What is the term for the exchange of goods and services between countries?
What is the term for the exchange of goods and services between countries?
Travel
Migration
Sport
Q3.Which of the following is an example of global trade?
Which of the following is an example of global trade?
A local farmer selling their bread only in their town.
A library organising a book swap within the local area.
Q4.Which of the following is an example of a product that might be traded internationally?
Which of the following is an example of a product that might be traded internationally?
A locally made bench
A homemade knitted jumper
Q5.How has globalisation affected the UK?
How has globalisation affected the UK?
It has made the UK more isolated
It has stopped the UK from trading at all
It has decreased the number of jobs in the UK
Q6.What is a trade agreement?
What is a trade agreement?
A list of rules about which products can be sold
A competition between countries to make the best products
A document saying which country has the most resources
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which of these is an example of an import for the UK?
Which of these is an example of an import for the UK?
Cars made in the UK
Wool from the UK
Apple juice made in the UK
Q2. is the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people.
is the buying, selling or exchanging of things between people.
Q3.A lot of the things we buy in the UK come from other countries in the world. These are called .
A lot of the things we buy in the UK come from other countries in the world. These are called .
Q4.Why does the UK import many products from other countries?
Why does the UK import many products from other countries?
The UK doesn’t have enough workers
The UK doesn’t have its own industries
The UK only trades with neighbouring countries
