Florida SS.7.CG.4.1

Social Studies7th Grade

The Standard

Explain the relationship between U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students trace how decisions abroad affect jobs, prices, security, immigration, and government spending at home. They also explain how public opinion, elections, laws, and economic needs shape actions overseas.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students can analyze a policy scenario and build an accurate cause-and-effect chain between overseas actions and conditions at home. They can support each link with facts from a source or case study.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat foreign and domestic policy as separate areas with no overlap. They may also assume the president acts alone or that influence moves only from foreign policy to domestic policy.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: The United States raises tariffs on imported steel. Name one goal at home, one likely effect abroad, and one possible effect on U.S. consumers.

Lesson moves

Give pairs policy and impact cards, then have them build arrow chains linking an overseas action to two effects inside the United States.
Ask students to write: How could rising oil prices abroad change family budgets, voter concerns, and U.S. government choices?
Play Policy Dominoes, matching cards for trade, war, immigration, jobs, taxes, and public opinion by cause and effect.
Use a recent article about tariffs or foreign aid, and annotate every stated effect on U.S. workers, consumers, or government spending.

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