Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.P.2.4.C

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Social Studies Practices

The Standard

OKH.P.2: Use interdisciplinary tools to acquire, apply, and evaluate content understanding of the four strands of social studies.
OKH.P.2.4: Identify the principles of economic systems and develop an understanding of the benefits of a market system in local, national, and global settings.

Evaluate the impact, both intended and unintended, of government policies on market outcomes at national and global levels, past and present.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · OKH.P.2.4

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify what a government policy was meant to change, then track what happened to prices, jobs, or trade at home and abroad. They compare older and recent cases and consider other causes for the changes they see.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a tariff and trade data, a student can explain the goal, identify an intended result and an unintended cost, and cite evidence. They can explain why a recession or supply shortage might also affect the numbers.
Common Misconceptions: Students often think foreign governments pay U.S. tariffs, rather than U.S. importers. They may blame every later price change on one policy or overlook retaliation by trading partners.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: A tariff aims to protect U.S. steel jobs. Steel jobs rise 5%, carmakers' costs rise 8%, and U.S. exports fall 6% after other countries retaliate. Name the intended result, one unintended result at home, one abroad, and another factor you would check.

Lesson moves

Give groups role cards for U.S. steelmakers, carmakers, shoppers, and foreign mills; add a tariff to price tags and track purchases with tokens.
Show a 1930 world trade graph and ask: Which changes might reflect U.S. tariffs, and which might reflect the Depression?
Sort four policy cards, a 1930 tariff, a recent tariff, a subsidy, and a tax, by intended goal and possible side effect.
Bring a recent tariff headline and a price tag for the named imported product; predict who might pay more and which exporter might lose sales.

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