Georgia SS6E9.c
The Standard
Explain the relationship between investment in capital (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how better factories, machinery, and technology can help workers produce more goods and services. They connect higher output per person to possible increases in GDP per capita.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students use a data table or scenario to describe how capital investment affects worker productivity and GDP per capita. They explain that the effect is likely, not automatic or immediate.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse capital investment with capital cities or money saved in a bank. They may treat total GDP as GDP per capita, or assume every new machine immediately raises output.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit prompt: “A factory buys faster machines, but its number of workers stays the same. Predict the effect on productivity and GDP per capita, and explain why.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Run a paper airplane factory twice, first by hand and then with templates, and compare finished planes per worker.
Show investment and GDP per capita data for the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia, then ask students to explain the pattern.
Give pairs investment cards and outcome cards to match, then award points for each accurate explanation of the connection.
Compare a local bakery using hand mixing with one using industrial mixers, then predict output per worker for each bakery.
Free download
Printable SS6E9.c Worksheet
A ready-to-print activity worksheet aligned to SS6E9.c, with an answer key for the teacher on its own page. No account needed.
PDF, US Letter, prints cleanly in black and white.
Download the worksheetKeep exploring
Related Standards
- SS7E3.c
Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
- SS6E3.c
Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
- SS6E12.c
Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
- SS7E9.c
Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).
Turn this exact standard into a lesson
Grade, subject, topic, and the complete standard are prefilled. Create one free, no account needed.
Also for this standard:Make a WorksheetMake a QuizMake a Sub Lesson