Trade-off — Social Studies definition
A situation where pursuing one benefit creates a cost or reduces another benefit.
Where it is taught
- Citizenship, Public Evidence & a History Capstone — Recent History, Global Connections & Citizenship, U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century, Grade 8
- U.S. History Capstone: Constitutional Change, Evidence & Comparison — Global Connections, Security & Historical Inquiry, United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11