Describe how the powers of the federal government are separated among the branches.

Give examples of how the system of checks and balances limits the power of the federal government.

Describe how the President, members of the Congress, Supreme Court Justices are elected or appointed.

Explain how the federal government uses taxes and spending to serve the purposes of the government.

Explain the responsibilities of members of American society.

Explain rights of citizenship, why rights have limits, and the relationships between rights and responsibilities.

Describe the impact of immigration to the United States on the cultural development of different places or regions of the [...]

Describe ways in which people can work together to promote the values and principles of American democracy.

Describe some of the movements of resources, goods, people, and information to, from, or within the United States, and explain [...]

Identify a good or service produced in the United States and apply the three economic questions all economies must address.

Assess the positive and negative consequences of human activities on the physical environment of the United States and identify the [...]

Describe characteristics of a market economy.

Identify questions political scientists ask in examining the United States.

Describe how positive and negative incentives influence behavior in a market economy.

Describe the purposes of government as identified in the Preamble of the Constitution.

Explain how the principles of popular sovereignty, rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers, and individual rights serve [...]

Use a variety of primary and secondary sources to construct a historical narrative about the beginnings of the automobile industry [...]

Describe past and current threats to Michigan’s natural resources and describe how state government, tribal and local governments, schools, organizations, [...]

Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States.

Identify and describe the characteristics and purposes of a variety of technological geographic tools.

Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.

Use maps to describe elevation, climate, and patterns of population density in the United States.

Use hemispheres, continents, oceans, and major lines of latitude to describe the relative location of the United States on a [...]

Describe ways in which the United States can be divided into different regions.

Locate and describe human and physical characteristics of major U.S. regions and compare them to the Great Lakes region.

Use a case study or story about migration within or to the United States to identify push and pull factors [...]

Use historical inquiry questions to investigate the development of Michigan's major economic activities from statehood to present.

Use primary and secondary sources to explain how migration and immigration affected and continue to affect the growth of Michigan.

Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan [...]

Describe how the relationship between the location of natural resources and the location of industries (after 1837) affected and continue [...]

Use visual data and informational text or primary accounts to compare a major Michigan economic activity today with that same [...]

Recognize that artwork may serve functional purposes, be purely decorative, or serve multiple purposes.

Compare how global and cultural diversity elicits differing responses.

Compare and contrast two pieces of personal work.

Analyze how art can be a reflection of society and a response to real world experiences.

Describe how artwork communicates facts and/or experiences of various cultures.

Compare and contrast the visual elements contained in the artwork of particular cultures.

Evaluate the interrelationship between design, trends, events, and the economics of a culture.

Analyze various uses of art globally, in media, business, technology, and industry.

Investigate and identify careers related to advertising.

Identify connections between technology and the arts.

Demonstrate cross-curricular connections through a culminating event.

Analyze and collaborate how artists express ideas through the use of visual culture, global perspective, and symbols in works of [...]

Analyze and reflect on the uses of subject matter, symbols, and ideas to express and communicate meaning in artwork.

Discuss and debate how artists from various cultures convey ideas differently.

Incorporate the uses of different technologies to show artistic expression through an original artwork.

Reflect and discuss the visual structures and functions used in personal artwork.

Predict emotions and thoughts evoked by performances.

Compare and contrast different presentations from the same time period or cultural context.

Discuss the similarities and differences between live and recorded theatrical events.