Georgia SS7E6

SS7E6 is a Georgia social studies standard. These are the elements under it.

• SS7E6.a

  Evaluate how literacy rates affect the standard of living.

• SS7E6.b

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

• SS7E6.c

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

• SS7E6.d

  Explain how the distribution of oil has affected the development of Southwest Asia (Middle East).

• SS7E6.e

  Describe the role of entrepreneurship.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify how literacy, education and training, capital goods, specialization, trade, natural resources, and entrepreneurship can raise output and living standards. They compare how these factors appear in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey using country evidence.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can read a simple data table or country profile and connect each fact to a growth factor. They can explain how Israeli technology, Saudi oil and investment, and Turkish manufacturing and trade support growth. They recognize that no single factor guarantees a high standard of living.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often assume oil automatically creates high living standards or that a country without oil cannot grow. They may confuse human capital with factories and machines, or treat literacy as the same as GDP per capita. Some think GDP per capita shows how income is shared among all people.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Complete a three-row chart for Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. For each country, name one growth factor, give evidence, and explain its likely effect.

1. 01

   Give groups country profile cards with literacy, oil, industry, and technology data, then have them sort each fact by growth factor.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Which investment would most strengthen each country’s economy, and what evidence supports each choice?

3. 03

   Play a matching relay where teams pair evidence cards with Israel, Saudi Arabia, or Turkey and name the growth factor.

4. 04

   Students inspect product labels or export lists, then connect Israeli technology, Saudi oil, and Turkish manufacturing to specialization and trade.

• SS7E3

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

• SS7E9

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

• SS6E9

  Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia.

• SS7E4.c

  Compare and contrast the economic systems in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.