Georgia SS6E9

SS6E9 is a Georgia social studies standard. These are the elements under it.

• SS6E9.a

  Evaluate how literacy rates affect the standard of living.

• SS6E9.b

  Explain the relationship between investment in human capital goods (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).

• SS6E9.c

  Explain the relationship between investment in capital (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).

• SS6E9.d

  Describe the role of natural resources in a country's economy.

• SS6E9.e

  Describe the role of entrepreneurship.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how worker education, tools and factories, natural resources, and entrepreneurship can affect economic growth. They compare these factors in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia using data and examples.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can identify which growth factors are strong or weak in each country. They can use evidence to explain why one factor may raise productivity, income, or business activity.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse human capital with factories and equipment. They may assume that abundant natural resources always produce growth, or that one factor alone determines a country’s economy.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a small data table for the three countries. Ask them to choose one country and explain how two listed factors may affect its growth.

1. 01

   Sort country data cards for education, factories, natural resources, and new businesses, then build a three-country comparison chart.

2. 02

   Write a claim explaining which growth factor matters most for one country, supported by two facts from a data table.

3. 03

   Play a matching game that pairs country evidence with human capital, capital goods, natural resources, or entrepreneurship.

4. 04

   Choose a location for a new car factory in Europe, then justify the choice using workers, equipment, resources, and business conditions.

• SS7E3

  Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.

• SS6E12

  Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Australia.

• SS7E9

  Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in China, India, Japan, South Korea and North Korea

• SS7E6

  Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.