Tag: North America
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USA – Canada Trade War Lesson Plan
Hours before a midnight tariff deadline, Canada suspended trade negotiations with the United States and 50% tariffs took effect. Both governments blame the other. This lesson uses the collapse to ask why trade disputes are so difficult to end, especially considering the power asymmetry at play. In this case, is interdependence preventing conflict – or…
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Elon Musk: World’s First Trillionaire Lesson Plan
Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire in June 2026 – but lost the title twelve days later. This lesson uses that rise and fall to ask whether extreme wealth shows an economic system is working well or failing.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Congressional Hearing Lesson Plan
A U.S. Senate committee voted to hold a former health official in contempt after he refused to answer questions. Students use the case to ask a bigger civic question: what are public government hearings for and when does oversight turn political?
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Temporary Protected Status – USA – Lesson Plan
In June 2026, the US Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in a case called Mullin v. Doe and allowed the government to end Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti and Syria. About 350,000 Haitians and several thousand Syrians would lose both their legal status and their permission to work. This ready to teach lesson plan…
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2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey Lesson Plan
A tense NATO summit in Ankara puts one question in sharp focus: what holds a military alliance together when its most powerful member publicly doubts its value? Students weigh interdependence, legitimacy, and whether the meeting left NATO stronger or weaker.
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