Georgia SS8H12.d
The Standard
Analyze Georgia's role in the national and global economy of the 21st Century, with regard to tourism, Savannah port expansion, and the film industry.
Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies · Explain the importance of developments in Georgia since the late 20th century.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how tourism, port expansion, and film production bring jobs, trade, spending, and investment to Georgia. They connect each development to national and global markets using facts and cause and effect reasoning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can trace how each sector affects workers, businesses, and government revenue. They can compare the three sectors and support a claim about their economic reach with accurate evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think port growth affects only Savannah or that film work benefits only actors. They may also confuse money spent in Georgia with money kept as state revenue, or overlook seasonal and temporary jobs.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: For tourism, port expansion, and film, write one Georgia benefit and one link to the national or global economy. Circle the sector with the widest reach and justify your choice with one fact.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Groups place cargo, film, and tourism cards on a Georgia map, then connect them with yarn to jobs, markets, and visitor spending.
Write a claim answering: Which sector has the widest economic reach in Georgia, and what two facts support your answer?
Teams sort scenario cards into tourism, port, or film, then earn a point by explaining each card's local and global effect.
Use current state data to trace how one visitor purchase, film shoot, or Savannah cargo shipment supports a Georgia worker or business.
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