Indiana Social Studies USG.4.3
The Standard
Discuss specific foreign policy issues that impact local community and state interests.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Students understand the nature of citizenship, politics, and governments, understanding the rights and responsibilities of citizens and how these are part of local, state, and national government. Students examine how the United States Constitution protects rights and provides the structure and functions of various levels of government. Students examine how the United States interacts with other nations as well as the government's role in world affairs will be examined.
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how a U.S. trade tariff or refugee admission policy could affect people in their community and state. They name who might benefit, who might face costs, and what evidence they need.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how a steel tariff might affect a local builder and a state road project. They can explain why a change in refugee admissions might affect school districts differently across the state.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a foreign government pays a U.S. tariff, when the importer pays it. They may assume a refugee admission policy affects every town the same way, or confuse federal admission rules with state decisions about services.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: How might a tariff on imported steel affect a local builder and a state road project? Who pays the tariff?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs imported steel price cards and budgets for a builder and a road project; have them recalculate costs after a tariff.
Ask: Should the U.S. raise steel tariffs if builders pay more but steelworkers may benefit? Defend your answer using both effects.
Play a card match with tariff, refugee admission, local stakeholder, and state agency cards; have pairs defend each policy-impact match.
Find a bridge project on your state transportation site and explain how higher steel prices could affect its budget.
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