The Trump Tariffs: A Case Study

Activity (Student)

You work for Senator Reed's office, tracing three Trump-era tariff actions and one Biden expansion by law, target, and rate, reading a tariff-by-state chart, an escalation timeline, and a price-increase chart, then recommending how he should vote on extending two tariffs through 2030.

Download the Activity (Student)

Word (.docx)

Did this save you a prep period? You can chip in toward my three kids' daycare fund. Everything on this site stays free either way.

Quick start

Download the file with the button above.
Open it in Word, Google Docs, or whatever your school gives you.
Print it or assign it. There is nothing to unzip and no account to make.

Fact-checked and print-tested before it went on the shelf. How we verify →

The rest of this toolkit

Activity (Answer Key)
Exit Ticket (Student)
Exit Ticket (Answer Key)
Guided Notes (Student)
Guided Notes (Teacher Key)
Quiz (Student)
Quiz (Answer Key)
Slides
Teacher Guide

Back to The Trump Tariffs: A Case Study →

Activity (Student)

Where should I send the next one?

Quick start

The rest of this toolkit