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SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS AND SKILLS STANDARDS K-5
SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS AND SKILLS STANDARDS K-5
P1. READING AND COMMUNICATION – READ AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
P1.1. Use appropriate strategies to read and interpret basic social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts.
G4. Human Systems – Understand how human activities help shape the Earth’s surface.
4 – G4.0.1. Use a case study or story about migration within or to the United States to identify push and pull factors (why they left, why they came) that influenced the migration.
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4 – G4.0.3. Describe some of the movements of resources, goods, people, and information to, from, or within the United States, and explain the reasons for the movements.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideImmigration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideWorld Population
PUBLIC DISCOURSE, DECISION MAKING, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION (P3, P4)
P3.1. Identifying and Analyzing Public Issues – Clearly state a problem as a public policy issue, analyze various perspectives, and generate and evaluate possible alternative resolutions.
4 – P3.1.1. Identify public issues in the United States that influence the daily lives of its citizens.
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4 – P3.1.2. Use graphic data and other sources to analyze information about a public issue in the United States and evaluate alternative resolutions.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideElection Process
4 – P3.1.3. Give examples of how conflicts over Democratic Values lead people to differ on resolutions to a public policy issue in the United States.
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P4.2. Civic Participation – Act constructively to further the public good.
4 – P4.2.2. Participate in projects to help or inform others.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideThe Presidency
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study GuideU.S. Government
C2. Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles of American Government
4 – C2.0.1. Explain how the principles of popular sovereignty, rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers, and individual rights serve to limit the powers of the federal government as reflected in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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4 – C2.0.2. Describe how rights guaranteed by the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and Democratic Values are involved in everyday situations.
C5. Civic Participation – Explain important rights and how, when, and where members of American society demonstrate their responsibilities by actively participating in civic life.
4 – C5.0.1. Explain the responsibilities of members of American society.
H3. The History of Michigan (Beyond Statehood) – Use historical thinking to understand the past.
4 – H3.0.3. Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region.