Teacher Network, Michigan Social Studies Standards
Strand I. Historical Perspective
Standard I.I Time and Chronology
Measure chronological time by decades and centuries.
Place major events in the development of their local community and
the state of Michigan in chronological order.
Place major events in the early history of the United States in
chronological order.
Standard
I.2 Comprehending the Past
Summarize the sequence of key events in stories describing life from the
past in their local community, the state of Michigan and other parts of the
United States.
Use narratives and graphic data to compare the past of their local
community, the state of Michigan and other parts of the United States with
present day life in those places.
Recount the lives and characters of a variety of individuals from the
past representing their local community, the state of Michigan and other parts
of the United States.
Identify and explain how individuals in history demonstrated good
character and personal virtue.
Standard
I.3 Analyzing and Interpreting the Past
Use primary sources to reconstruct past events in their local
community.
Interpret conflicting accounts of events in both Michigan and
United States history and analyze the viewpoints of the authors.
Compose simple narratives of events from the history of the state
of Michigan and the United States.
Standard I.4 Judging Decisions from the Past
Identify problems from the past that divided their local
community, the state of Michigan, and the United States and analyze the
Interests and values of those involved.
Select decisions made to solve past problems and evaluate those decisions
in terms of ethical considerations, the interests of those affected by the
decisions, and the short- and long-term consequences in those decisions.
Standard
II.I "Diversity of People, Places, and Cultures"
All students will describe, compare, and explain the locations and
characteristics of places, cultures, and settlements.
The
mosaic of people, places, and cultures expresses the rich variety of the earth.
Natural and human characteristics meld to form expressions of cultural
uniqueness, as well as similarities among peoples. Culture is the way of life of
a group of people including language, religion, traditions, family structure,
institutions, and economic activities.
Standard
II.2 Human/Environment Interaction
Explain basic ecosystem concepts and processes.
Describe the location, use, and importance of different kinds of
resources and explain how they are created and the consequences of their use.
Describe the major physical patterns, ecosystems, resources, and
land uses of the state, region, and country and explain the processes that
created them.
Explain how various people and cultures have adapted to and
modified the environment.
Standard
II.3 Location, Movement, and Connections
Describe major kinds of economic activity and explain the factors
influencing their location.
Describe the causes, consequences, routes and movement of major
migration to the United States.
Explain how transportation and communication link people and
communities.
Describe some of the major movements of goods, people, jobs and
information within Michigan and the United States and explain the reasons for
the movements.
Standard
II.4 "Regions, Patterns, and Processes"
All students will
describe and compare characteristics of ecosystems, states, regions, countries,
major world regions, and patterns and explain
the processes that created them. The
world can be viewed systematically or regionally. Climatic, economic, political,
and cultural patterns are created by processes such as climatic systems,
communication networks, international trade, political systems, and population
changes. A region is an area with unifying characteristics. By defining regions,
we are able to divide the world into parts in order to study their uniqueness
and relationships.
Standard
II.5 Global Issues and Events
Locate major world events and explain how they impact people and
the environment. community.
Strand III. Civic Perspective
Standard III.I Purposes of Government
Distinguish among local, state, and national government in the
United States and describe the roles of government institutions at all three
levels.
Give examples of authority and the use of power without authority.
Give reasons for limiting the power of government.
Standard
III.2 Ideals of American Democracy
Interpret the development and summarize the main points in the
Declaration of Independence.
Interpret the meaning of specific rights guaranteed by the Constitution
including religious liberty, free expression, privacy, property, due process of
law and equal protection of the law.
Explain responsibilities citizens have to uphold constitutional rights.
Standard
III.3 Democracy in Action
Describe what state and federal courts are expected to do.
Describe issues that arise over constitutional rights.
Standard
III.4 American Government and Politics
Distinguish among making, enforcing, and interpreting laws.
Explain how law is used to manage conflict in American society.
Explain the basic organization of the local, state, and federal
governments.
Describe how citizens participate in election campaigns.
Standard
III.5 American Government and World Affairs
Explain various ways that nations of the world interact with each
other.
Describe events in
other countries that have affected Americans and, conversely, events the United
States that have affected other countries.
Strand IV Economic Perspective
Standard
IV.I Individual and Household Choices
Explain why people must face scarcity when making economic
decisions.
Identify the opportunity costs in personal decision making
situations.
Use a decision making model to explain a personal choice.
Analyze the costs, benefits, and alternatives to using consumer
credit.
Standard
IV.2 Business Choices
Distinguish between natural resources, human capital, and capital
equipment in the production of a good or service.
Distinguish among individual ownership, partnership, and
corporation.
Examine the historical and contemporary role a major industry has
played in the state of Michigan and the United States.
Standard
IV.3 Role of Government
Use a decision making model to explain a choice involving a public
good or service.
Distinguish between the economic roles of local, state, and
federal governments and cite examples of each.
Use a local example
to assess the effectiveness of the government at providing public goods or
resolving an economic dispute.
Standard
IV.4 Economic Systems
Explain how prices are determined in a market economy and how they
serve as a means of allocating resources.
Describe how they act as a producer and a consumer.
Analyze how Michigan's location has impacted its economic development.
Trace the national origin of common household items and the trade
flows which brought them to the United States.
Describe benefits of international trade to consumers and
producers.
Describe how businesses are involved in trade as producers,
distributors, importers, and exporters.
Strand V Inquiry
Standard
V.I Information Processing
Locate information about local, state and national communities
using a variety of traditional sources, electronic technologies, and direct
observations.
Organize social science information to make maps, graphs and
tables.
Interpret social science information about local, state, and national
communities from maps, graphs, and charts.
Standard
V.2 Conducting Investigations
Pose a social science question about Michigan or the United
States.
Gather and analyze information using appropriate information
technologies to answer the question posed.
Construct
an answer to the question posed and support their answer with evidence.
Report the result of their investigation including the procedures
followed.
Strand VI Public Discourse and Decision Making
Standard
VI.I Identifying and Analyzing Issues
Pose
local, state, and national policy issues as questions.
Explain how a particular public issue became a problem and why
people disagree about it.
Evaluate possible resolutions of a public issue.
Standard
VI.2 Group Discussion
Engage each other in conversations which attempt to clarify and
resolve issues pertaining to local, state, and national policy.
Standard
VI.3 Persuasive Writing
Compose a short essay expressing a decision on a local, state, or
national policy issue.
Strand VII "Citizen Involvement"
Standard
VII.I Responsible Personal Conduct
Report how their behavior has been guided by concern for the law.
Engage in activities intended to contribute to solving a local,
state or national problem they have studied.
Other Resources: Teacher Network, Michigan Social Studies Standards
Compiled
by Imad Fadlallah, Stout Middle School, February 2002