Class 6 Social Science — Chapter 14: Economic Activities Around Us

What you'll learn

• ▸Concept of Economic Activities
• ▸Classification into Three Economic Sectors
• ▸The Primary Sector
• ▸The Secondary Sector
• ▸The Tertiary Sector (Service Sector)
• ▸Interdependence of Economic Sectors
• ▸Role of Cooperatives (AMUL Case Study)

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- Economic Activities Around Us CHAPTER 14 The root of prosperity is economic activity, the lack of it brings material distress. The absence of fruitful economic activity endangers both current prosperity and future growth. — Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra The Big Questions 1. How are economic activities classified? 2. What differentiates these activities to be grouped into sectors? 3. How are the three sectors interconnected? 0681CHI14 Introduction In Chapter 13, we learnt about two types of activities – economic and non-economic. Activities that create **monetary** **value** are called economic activities. We also learnt about the importance of non-economic activities. To understand these activities better we will learn how economic activities are classified and what differentiates them in this chapter. Monetary value: Value of something that can be measured in terms of money. Reprint 2025-26 --- PAGE 2 --- Over the decades, the number of economic activitie…

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• 💡 Salt was once so valuable it was used as money and soldiers were paid with it.
• 💡 The first factory in the world was built for textile production in England.
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