Oklahoma Social Studies 6.C.6.2

6.C.6.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 6.C.6.2.A

  Define the characteristics of traditional, market, and command economic systems.

• 6.C.6.2.B

  Describe how government policies affect economic activities within a nation, as well as determine trade relationships.

• 6.C.6.2.C

  Compare the outcomes of different economic systems for human prosperity, equality, and freedom.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify who makes production and distribution choices in traditional, market, and command economies. They trace how taxes, subsidies, and tariffs can change prices, work, and trade. They weigh each system’s strengths and limits for living standards, equality, and freedom.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given a short description of an economy, a student can identify the system and point to evidence about who makes decisions. They can explain how a tariff might affect imports and compare the gains and costs of different systems without claiming one always works best.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think every country uses only one economic system. They may assume markets have no government rules or that command economies leave no room for individual choices. They may think a tariff affects only foreign sellers, not shoppers at home.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: A government orders farms to grow wheat and taxes imported wheat. Name the system the farm rule resembles, predict one effect on trade, and give one possible benefit and one cost for households.

1. 01

   Give groups food cards and play money; assign customary shares, price bids, or government quotas, then tally who gets enough.

2. 02

   Ask, “Should the government set bread prices during a shortage?” Have students write who benefits, who might lose, and why.

3. 03

   Run a three-column card sort: students match family trades, private stores, and state factories to economic systems, then defend two choices.

4. 04

   Use grocery ads for local and imported apples; add a sample tariff and compare prices and buying choices.

• 6.P.2.4.B

  Identify different types of economic systems, comparing advantages and disadvantages for citizens and the growth of a nation’s economy.

• 7.P.2.4.B

  Identify different types of economic systems, comparing advantages and disadvantages for citizens and the growth of a nation’s economy.

• 6.C.6

  Analyze economic systems of the world and how they impact the development of a nation and region.

• 8.P.2.4.B

  Identify different types of economic systems, comparing advantages and disadvantages for citizens and the growth of a nation’s economy.