Georgia SS6E10.a
The Standard
Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Analyze different economic systems.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who decides which goods are made, which production methods are used, and who receives the goods. They compare decisions based on customs, government plans, and buyers and sellers.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given an economic scenario, students can name the system and cite evidence for all three decisions. They can explain how the decision maker changes across systems.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often confuse production methods with the choice of goods. They may think recipients means factory workers, rather than people who receive goods through custom, government allocation, or purchasing power.
How to Assess It
- Use this exit ticket: “A village grows crops chosen by custom, uses inherited tools, and shares food by clan rules.” Name the system and explain each decision.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups nine scenario cards to sort under traditional, command, or market labels, then require one piece of evidence for each placement.
Ask students to write which system gives consumers the most influence and support their answer with two specific economic decisions.
Play a three-corner game where students move to the system named by each scenario and defend their choice to a partner.
Trace an Australian wool sweater from production to sale, identifying choices made by farmers, businesses, consumers, and the government.
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