Subjects

Shows

  • Compose a brief essay expressing a position on a public policy issue in the United States and justify the position [...]

  • Give examples of how conflicts over Democratic Values lead people to differ on resolutions to a public policy issue in [...]

  • Develop and implement an action plan and know how, when, and where to address or inform others about a public [...]

  • Participate in projects to help or inform others.

  • Explain how price affects decisions about purchasing goods and services.

  • Explain how specialization and division of labor increase productivity.

  • Explain how competition among buyers results in higher prices, and competition among sellers results in lower prices.

  • Describe the role of money in the exchange of goods and services.

  • List goods and services governments provide in a market economy and explain how these goods and services are funded.

  • Explain how changes in the United States economy impact levels of employment and unemployment.

  • Identify advantages and disadvantages of global competition.

  • Identify public issues in the United States that influence the daily lives of its citizens.

  • Use graphic data and other sources to analyze information about a public issue in the United States and evaluate alternative [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Describe how rights guaranteed by the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and Democratic Values are involved in everyday situations.

  • Give examples of ways the Constitution limits the powers of the federal government.

  • Give examples of powers exercised by the federal government, tribal governments and state governments.

  • Describe the organizational structure of the federal government in the United States (legislative, executive, and judicial branches).

  • 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.

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

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

  • Investigate and identify careers related to advertising.

Subjects

Shows

  • Compose a brief essay expressing a position on a public policy issue in the United States and justify the position [...]

  • Give examples of how conflicts over Democratic Values lead people to differ on resolutions to a public policy issue in [...]

  • Develop and implement an action plan and know how, when, and where to address or inform others about a public [...]

  • Participate in projects to help or inform others.

  • Explain how price affects decisions about purchasing goods and services.

  • Explain how specialization and division of labor increase productivity.

  • Explain how competition among buyers results in higher prices, and competition among sellers results in lower prices.

  • Describe the role of money in the exchange of goods and services.

  • List goods and services governments provide in a market economy and explain how these goods and services are funded.

  • Explain how changes in the United States economy impact levels of employment and unemployment.

  • Identify advantages and disadvantages of global competition.

  • Identify public issues in the United States that influence the daily lives of its citizens.

  • Use graphic data and other sources to analyze information about a public issue in the United States and evaluate alternative [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Describe how rights guaranteed by the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and Democratic Values are involved in everyday situations.

  • Give examples of ways the Constitution limits the powers of the federal government.

  • Give examples of powers exercised by the federal government, tribal governments and state governments.

  • Describe the organizational structure of the federal government in the United States (legislative, executive, and judicial branches).

  • 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.

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

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

  • Investigate and identify careers related to advertising.