Kindergarten Social Studies Michigan standards Standards

Public Discourse, Decision Making, And Civic Participation

Economics

Civics And Government

Geography

History

Social Studies Process And Skills Standards

Explain why people create governments.

Explain important rights and how, when, and where members of American society demonstrate their responsibilities by actively participating in civic life.

Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in a market economy.

Use geographic representations to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

Understand how regions are created from common physical and human characteristics.

Understand the effects of human-environment interactions.

Use historical thinking to understand the past.

Reading And Communication – Read And Communicate Effectively

Use appropriate strategies to read and interpret basic social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts.

Differentiate between primary and secondary source documents.

Express social science ideas or information in written, spoken, and graphic forms including tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and maps.

Identify point of view and bias.

Inquiry, Research, And Analysis

Use compelling and supporting questions to investigate social studies problems.

Differentiate between compelling questions and supporting questions.

Use supporting questions to help answer compelling social studies questions.

Know how to find relevant evidence from a variety of sources.

Use data presented in social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts to answer compelling and supporting questions.

Public Discourse And Decision Making

State an issue as a question of public policy and discuss possible solutions from different perspectives.

Apply Democratic Values or Constitutional Principles to support a position on an issue.

Construct an argument and justify a decision supported with evidence.

Explain the challenges people have faced and actions they have taken to address issues at different times and places.

Civic Participation

Act out of the rule of law and hold others to the same standard.

Assess options for individuals and groups to plan and conduct activities intended to advance views on matters of public policy.

Explain different strategies students and others could take to address problems and predict possible results.

Use democratic procedures to make decisions on civic issues in the school or classroom.

Identify and explain reasons for rules at home and in school.

Identify the American flag as an important symbol of the United States.

Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want.

Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual responsibility.

Describe economic wants they have experienced.

Distinguish between goods and services.

Recognize situations in which people trade.

Recognize that maps and globes represent places.

Use directions or positional words to identify significant locations in the classroom.

Identify and describe places in the immediate environment.

Describe ways in which the environment provides for basic human needs and wants.

Distinguish among the past, present, and future.

Create a timeline using events from their own lives.

Describe ways people learn about the past.

Identify classroom issues.

Use simple graphs to explain information about a classroom issue.

Compare their viewpoint about a classroom issue with the viewpoint of another person.

Express a position on a classroom issue.

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

Participate in projects to help or inform others.

Clearly state a problem as a public policy issue, analyze various perspectives, and generate and evaluate possible alternative resolutions.

Communicate a reasoned position on a public issue.

Act constructively to further the public good.