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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Describe some of the current movements of goods, people, jobs, or information to, from, or within Michigan and explain reasons [...]

Use data and current information about the Anishinaabek and other Indigenous Peoples living in Michigan today to describe the cultural [...]

Describe how people are a part of, adapt to, use, and modify the physical environment of Michigan.

Locate natural resources in Michigan and explain the consequences of their use.

Give an example of how Michigan state government fulfills one of the purposes of government.

Describe how the Michigan state government reflects the principle of representative government.

Distinguish between the roles of tribal, state, and local governments.

Identify goods and services provided by the state government and describe how they are funded.

Identify the three branches of state government in Michigan and the powers of each.

Explain how state courts function to resolve conflict.

Describe the purpose of the Michigan Constitution.

Identify and explain rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Using a Michigan example, explain how scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost affect what is produced and consumed.

Identify incentives that influence economic decisions people make in Michigan.

Analyze how Michigan’s location and natural resources influenced its economic development.

Describe how entrepreneurs combine natural, human, and capital resources to produce goods and services in Michigan.

Explain the role of entrepreneurship and business development in Michigan's economic future.

Using a Michigan example, explain how specialization leads to increased interdependence.

Identify products produced in other countries and consumed by people in Michigan.

Identify public issues in Michigan that influence the daily lives of its citizens.

Compose a statement expressing a position on a public policy issue in the local community and justify the position with [...]

Develop and implement an action plan to address or inform others about a community issue.

Participate in projects to help or inform others.

Identify questions historians ask in examining the past in Michigan.

Explain how historians use primary and secondary sources to answer questions about the past.

Describe the casual relationships between three events in Michigan's past.

Draw upon traditional stories and/or teachings of Indigenous Peoples who lived and continue to live in Michigan in order to [...]

Use informational text and visual data to compare how Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Peoples in the early history of Michigan [...]

Use a variety of sources to describe interactions that occurred between Indigenous Peoples and the first European explorers and settlers [...]

Use a variety of primary and secondary sources to construct a historical narrative about daily life in the early settlements [...]

Use case studies or stories to describe how the ideas or actions of individuals affected the history of Michigan (pre-statehood).

Describe how Michigan attained statehood.

Create a timeline to sequence and describe major eras and events in early Michigan history.