Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.9c
The Standard
- SS24.CWI.9
- Evaluate the impact of economic globalization on worldwide trends and on individual nations and regions.
Compare ways in which different countries address individual needs, national economic problems, and social issues.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · World Events and Issues
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare how countries respond to health care needs, unemployment, and housing costs. They use named policies to explain who gets help and how the approaches differ.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain who qualifies for Medicaid and German statutory health insurance. They can distinguish aid that helps prevent layoffs from benefits paid after job loss. They can compare housing aid without assuming every renter qualifies.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume everyone in a country qualifies for the same help. They may confuse U.S. unemployment insurance, which supports eligible people after job loss, with Germany's Kurzarbeit, which helps employers keep workers when hours are cut.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Sort Medicaid, German statutory health insurance, U.S. unemployment insurance, Kurzarbeit, U.S. housing vouchers, and Wohngeld into a two-country chart for health, jobs, and rent. Explain one difference in who gets help.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print cards for Medicaid, German statutory health insurance, U.S. unemployment insurance, Kurzarbeit, U.S. housing vouchers, and Wohngeld; pairs sort them by problem.
Ask: Which policy aims to prevent layoffs, and which helps after job loss? Use the unemployment insurance and Kurzarbeit cards as evidence.
Read 'low-income renter,' 'laid-off worker,' or 'worker with reduced hours'; teams hold up a policy card and explain their choice.
Use local and Berlin rental listings with sample monthly paychecks; calculate each rent share, then discuss how housing aid might help.
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