Alabama Social Studies SS24.HG.14

SS24.HG.14 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HG.14a

  Trace the flow of commodities among regions of the world, explaining why patterns develop and identifying factors that might interrupt the transfer of goods.

• SS24.HG.14b

  Explain the advantages and disadvantages of global trade agreements for both people and countries.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students trace a product from where its raw materials come from to where it is made and sold. They explain why trade follows that route, what could stop it, and how trade agreements affect workers, shoppers, and countries.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can map cocoa from Ghana to a chocolate factory in the Netherlands, then to stores in the United States. They can explain how a port closure affects each stop and name both a gain and a cost of lowering trade taxes.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think a product comes entirely from the country on its final label. They may assume cheaper imports help everyone, overlooking workers who compete with those imports and governments that lose tariff revenue.

04

How to Assess It

On an exit ticket, give students a map showing cocoa moving from Ghana through the Netherlands to U.S. stores. Ask why it follows that route, what a port closure would change, and who might gain or lose if import taxes fell.

1. 01

   Give groups cocoa, factory, port, and store cards; have them build a route on a world map, then remove one port card.

2. 02

   Ask: If two countries remove shoe import taxes, which shoppers, workers, and governments might gain or lose? Have students defend two claims.

3. 03

   Play a supply-chain relay with product cards; pause rounds for a strike, drought, or new tariff and have teams reroute shipments.

4. 04

   Have students check the labels on their shoes, map the listed countries, and name one event that could delay a replacement pair.

• SS24.CWI.9

  Evaluate the impact of economic globalization on worldwide trends and on individual nations and regions.

• SS24.CWI.9b

  Describe the costs and benefits of trade among nations in an interdependent world.

• SS24.WH.17

  Analyze the effects of economic interdependence and globalization on places and their populations.

• SS24.CWI.10

  Explain how scientific and technological changes impact the worldwide economy and the process of globalization.