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Michigan Social Studies Content Strands Grades 9-12

Strand I. Historical Perspective

Standard I.I Time and Chronology

Standard I.2 Comprehending the Past

Standard I.3 Analyzing and Interpreting the Past

Standard I.4 Judging Decisions from the Past

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Strand II. Geographic Perspective

    Students will use knowledge of spatial patterns on earth to understand processes that shape human environments and to make decisions about society.

    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.

    Standard II.2 Human/Environment Interaction

    All students will describe, compare, and explain the locations and characteristics of ecosystems, resources, human adaptation, environmental impact, and the interrelationships among them.

    1. Describe the environmental consequences of major world processes and events.

    2. Assess the relationship between property ownership and the management of natural resources.

Standard II.3 Location, Movement, and Connections

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.

Standard II.5 Global Issues and Events

    All students will describe and explain the causes, consequences, and geographic context of major global issues and events.

    1. Explain how geography and major world processes influence major world events.

    2. Explain the causes and importance of global issues involving cultural stability and change, economic development and international trade, resource use, environmental impact, conflict and cooperation, and explain how they may affect the future.

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Strand III. Civic Perspective

    Students will use knowledge of American government and politics to make informed decisions about governing their communities.

Standard III.I Purposes of Government

    All students will identify the purposes of national, state, and local governments in the United States, describe how citizens organize government to accomplish their purposes and assess their effectiveness.

    1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of a federal system of government.

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    2. Evaluate how effectively the federal government is serving the purposes for which it was created.

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    3. Evaluate the relative merits of the American presidential system and parliamentary systems.

Standard III.2 Ideals of American Democracy

Standard III.3 Democracy in Action

Standard III.4 American Government and Politics

Standard III.5 American Government and World Affairs

    All students will understand how the world is organized politically, the formation of American foreign policy, and the roles the United States plays in the international arena.

    1. Describe the influence of the American concept of democracy and individual rights in the world.

    2. Evaluate foreign policy positions in light of national interests and American values.

    3. Decide what the relationship should be between the United States and international organizations.

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Strand IV. Economic Perspective

    Students will use knowledge of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services to make personal and societal decisions about the use of scarce resources.

    Standard IV.I Individual and Household Choices

    All students will describe and demonstrate how the economic forces of scarcity and choice affect the management of personal financial resources, shape consumer decisions regarding the purchase, use, and disposal of goods and services, and affect the economic well-being of individuals and society.

    1. Design a strategy for earning, spending, saving, and investing their resources.

    2. Evaluate the impact on households of alternative solutions to societal problems such as health care, housing, or energy use.

    3. Analyze ways individuals can select suppliers of goods and services and protect themselves from deception in the marketplace.

Standard IV.2 Business Choices

    All students will explain and demonstrate how businesses confront scarcity and choice when organizing, producing, and using resources, and when supplying the marketplace.

    1. Outline the decision making process a business goes through when deciding whether to export to a foreign market.

    2. Evaluate ways to resolve conflicts resulting from differences between business interests and community values.

Standard IV.3 Role of Government

    All students will describe how government decisions on taxation, spending, public goods, and regulation impact what is produced, how it is produced, and who receives the benefits of production.

    1. Describe the use of economic indicators and assess their accuracy.

    2. Distinguish between monetary and fiscal policy and explain how each might be applied to problems such as unemployment and inflation.

    3. Compare governmental approaches to economic growth in developing countries.

    4. Evaluate a government spending program on the basis of its intended and unintended results.

    5. Select criteria to use in evaluating tax policy.

Standard IV.4 Economic Systems

    All students will explain how a free market economic system works, as well as other economic systems, to coordinate and facilitate the exchange, production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

    1. Use case studies to exemplify how supply and demand, prices, incentives, and profits determine what is produced and distributed in a competitive world market.

    2. Describe relationships between a domestic economy and the international economic system.

    3. Evaluate the United States and other economic systems on their ability to achieve broad social goals such as freedom, efficiency, equity, security, development, and stability.

    4. Describe relationships among the various economic institutions that comprise economic systems such as households, business firms, banks, government agencies, and labor unions.

    5. Compare and contrast a free market economic system with other economic systems.

Standard IV.5 Trade

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Strand V. Inquiry

    Students will use methods of social science investigation to answer questions about society.

Standard V.I Information Processing

Standard V.2 Conducting Investigations

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Strand VI. Public Discourse and Decision Making

    Students will analyze public issues and construct and express thoughtful positions on these issues.

Standard VI.I Identifying and Analyzing Issues

    All students will state an issue clearly as a question of public policy, trace the origins of the issue, analyze various perspectives people bring to the issue, and evaluate possible ways to resolve the issue.

    1. Generate possible alternative resolutions to public issues and evaluate them using criteria that have been identified.

Standard VI.2 Group Discussion

    All students will engage their peers in constructive conversation about matters of public concern by clarifying issues, considering opposing views, applying democratic values, anticipating consequences, and working toward making decisions.

    1. Engage each other in elaborated conversations that deeply examine public policy issues and help make reasoned and informed decisions.

Standard VI.3 Persuasive Writing

    All students will compose coherent written essays that express a position on a public issue and justify the position with reasoned arguments.

    1. Compose extensively elaborated essays expressing and justifying decisions on public policy issues.

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Strand VII. "Citizen Involvement"

    Students will act constructively to further the public good.

Standard VII.I Responsible Personal Conduct

    All students will consider the effects of an individual's actions on other people, how one acts in accordance with the rule of law, and how one acts in a virtuous and ethically responsible way as a member of society.

    1. Act out of respect for the rule of law and hold others accountable to the same standard.

    2. Plan and conduct activities intended to advance their views on matters of public policy, report the results of their efforts and evaluate their effectiveness.

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