Georgia SS7E7.c

Social Studies7th GradeSouthern and Eastern Asia

The Standard

Compare and contrast the economic systems in China, India, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea.

Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Analyze different economic systems.

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students explain who owns businesses, who decides what to produce, and how much government controls prices and trade. They place each country on a continuum from command to market and compare the evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student places North Korea near the command end and Japan and South Korea nearer the market end. The student explains mixed features in China and India and supports each placement with specific facts.
Common Misconceptions: Students may label each economy as purely market or purely command, even though most combine both. They often assume private businesses make China fully market based, or that limited informal trade removes North Korean state control. They may also confuse a country's political system with its economic system.
How to Assess It: Give students a five-row chart with columns for business ownership, government control, and market competition. Ask them to place each country on a continuum and justify one placement with two facts.

Lesson moves

Place country fact cards along a floor continuum from command to market, then have groups defend each placement using two card details.
Students write a six-sentence response to: How can China allow private businesses while keeping strong government control, and how does that differ from Japan?
Play Economy Evidence Match: teams pair country cards with ownership, price, and trade clues, then explain one match before scoring.
Analyze short profiles of Alibaba, Tata, Toyota, Samsung, and a North Korean state enterprise, then link ownership to each country's system.

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