Oklahoma Social Studies WG.C.6

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

• WG.C.6.1

  Examine the significance of access to natural resources, energy, and technological innovations (e.g., wind, solar, nuclear) to the economic development of a reg...

• WG.C.6.2

  Compare the impact of government policies in both market and command economic systems on the availability and use of natural resources and development.

• WG.C.6.3

  Compare contemporary patterns of industrialization and development in selected regions of the world.

• WG.C.6.4

  Describe common characteristics of developed nations and compare variations in levels of development.

• WG.C.6.5

  Explain how changes in the physical environment and political environment influence changes in economic activity within a region.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students compare how factories, resources, energy, and new technology affect jobs and growth in different regions. They explain how floods, political changes, and government rules can change economic activity. They compare market and command decisions about resources, then use income, health, and infrastructure data to judge development.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given maps and data for Germany, China, and Nigeria, students explain why industry grows faster in some places than others. They predict how flooding or a new energy rule could change jobs. They compare market incentives with command quotas and use health and income data to show differences among wealthy countries.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may assume natural resources guarantee wealth, even where electricity and roads are unreliable. They may treat all wealthy countries as alike or assume factories alone prove high living standards. They may think market economies have no government rules.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: A region has iron ore but unreliable electricity. Explain why steel factories might stay away, then name one government action that could change that.

1. 01

   Give groups resource, power-grid, and road maps of Nigeria; have them place three factory cards and explain each site.

2. 02

   Ask: Would a solar plant create more factory jobs in a region with good roads or poor roads? Write two reasons.

3. 03

   Match cards showing U.S. renewable-energy tax credits and Soviet steel quotas to likely resource-use outcomes, then explain each match.

4. 04

   Use a local floodplain map and city zoning map to choose a factory site and predict how a zoning change would affect jobs.

• MWH.C.5.3

  Evaluate the impact of industrialization on global imperialism.

• MWH.C.5

  Analyze the massive social, economic, and cultural change brought about by the Industrial Revolution.

• MWH.C.5.2

  Analyze responses to and the legacy of the Industrial Revolution.

• OKH.C.3.2

  Evaluate the lasting effect of early industries on economic growth.