Goods & Services
Some people make things (goods) and some people do things for others (services); recognising both in everyday life and understanding that both have value
What a learner can do afterwards
- Sort a set of pictures into goods (things you can touch) and services (things people do for you)
- Give three examples of goods and three examples of services from their everyday life
- Explain that both making things and helping people are valuable kinds of work
The lesson
Some people make things you can touch and hold. We call these things goods. A toy is a good. So is a loaf of bread.
Other people do jobs to help you. We call this work a service. A haircut is a service. So is a doctor's check-up.
Ben's dad bakes bread at his shop. Ben can touch the bread and take it home. The bread is a good. Then a bus driver drives Ben to school. The driver helps Ben get there. That ride is a service.
Ask yourself one question. Can I touch it and keep it? Then it is a good. If someone did something to help you, it is a service.
Goods are things you can touch. Services are things people do to help you.
Watch it
Where it sits
Learn first
Nothing; this is a starting point.
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.