Michigan

4-H History

• 4-H3 The History of Michigan (Beyond Statehood): Use historical thinking to understand the past.

  • 4-H3.0.1 Use historical inquiry questions to investigate the development of Michigan's major economic activities from statehood to present.

  • 4-H3.0.2 Use primary and secondary sources to explain how migration and immigration affected and continue to affect the growth of Michigan.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)

  • 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.

    • Harriet Tubman (3-D.9)

  • 4-H3.0.4 Describe how the relationship between the location of natural resources and the location of industries (after 1837) affected and continue to affect the location and growth of Michigan cities.

    • Natural resources (3-H.2)

  • 4-H3.0.5 Use visual data and informational text or primary accounts to compare a major Michigan economic activity today with that same activity or a related activity in the past.

  • 4-H3.0.6 Use a variety of primary and secondary sources to construct a historical narrative about the beginnings of the automobile industry and the labor movement in Michigan.

  • 4-H3.0.7 Describe past and current threats to Michigan's natural resources and describe how state government, tribal and local governments, schools, organizations, and individuals worked in the past and continue to work today to protect its natural resources.

    • Natural resources (3-H.2)

4-G Geography

• 4-G1 The World in Spatial Terms: Use geographic representations to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

  • 4-G1.0.1 Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States.

  • 4-G1.0.2 Identify and describe the characteristics and purposes of a variety of technological geographic tools.

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)

  • 4-G1.0.3 Use geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States.

    • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)
    • Identify the 50 states (4-H.13)
    • Select the 50 states (4-H.14)
    • Name the 50 states (4-H.15)

  • 4-G1.0.4 Use maps to describe elevation, climate, and patterns of population density in the United States.

  • 4-G1.0.5 Use hemispheres, continents, oceans, and major lines of latitude to describe the relative location of the United States on a world map.

    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)
    • Identify oceans and continents (4-G.3)
    • Select oceans and continents (4-G.4)
    • Name oceans and continents (4-G.5)

• 4-G2 Places and Regions: Understand how regions are created from common physical and human characteristics.

  • 4-G2.0.1 Describe ways in which the United States can be divided into different regions.

    • Identify states of the West (4-H.1)
    • Select states of the West (4-H.2)
    • Name states of the West (4-H.3)
    • Identify states of the Midwest (4-H.4)
    • Select states of the Midwest (4-H.5)
    • Name states of the Midwest (4-H.6)
    • Identify states of the Southeast (4-H.7)
    • Select states of the Southeast (4-H.8)
    • Name states of the Southeast (4-H.9)
    • Identify states of the Northeast (4-H.10)
    • Select states of the Northeast (4-H.11)
    • Name states of the Northeast (4-H.12)

  • 4-G2.0.2 Locate and describe human and physical characteristics of major U.S. regions and compare them to the Great Lakes region.

• 4-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.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)

  • 4-G4.0.2 Describe the impact of immigration to the United States on the cultural development of different places or regions of the United States.

    • Jamestown: the early years (4-A.1)
    • Jamestown: growth of a colony (4-A.2)
    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • New England colonies: religion and government (4-A.4)
    • New England colonies: economy and conflict (4-A.5)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Middle colonies: economy and society (4-A.7)
    • Southern colonies: founding and government (4-A.8)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)

  • 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.

    • The Lewis and Clark Expedition (4-C.2)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)

• 4-G5 Environment and Society: Understand the effects of human-environment interactions.

  • 4-G5.0.1 Assess the positive and negative consequences of human activities on the physical environment of the United States and identify the causes of those activities.

    • The Great Depression: part II (4-E.6)

4-C Civics and Government

• 4-C1 Purposes of Government: Explain why people create governments.

  • 4-C1.0.1 Identify questions political scientists ask in examining the United States.

  • 4-C1.0.2 Describe the purposes of government as identified in the Preamble of the Constitution.

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)

• 4-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.

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • 4-C2.0.2 Describe how rights guaranteed by the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, and Democratic Values are involved in everyday situations.

    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)

• 4-C3 Structure and Functions of Government: Describe the structure of government in the United States and how it functions.

  • 4-C3.0.1 Give examples of ways the Constitution limits the powers of the federal government.

    • Federal government (4-K.3)
    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • The Bill of Rights (4-K.5)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • 4-C3.0.2 Give examples of powers exercised by the federal government, tribal governments and state governments.

    • State government (4-K.2)
    • Federal government (4-K.3)

  • 4-C3.0.3 Describe the organizational structure of the federal government in the United States (legislative, executive, and judicial branches).

    • Federal government (4-K.3)
    • The Constitution (4-K.4)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • 4-C3.0.4 Describe how the powers of the federal government are separated among the branches.

    • Federal government (4-K.3)
    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • 4-C3.0.5 Give examples of how the system of checks and balances limits the power of the federal government.

    • Checks and balances (4-K.6)

  • 4-C3.0.6 Describe how the President, members of the Congress, Supreme Court Justices are elected or appointed.

    • Federal government (4-K.3)
    • Presidential elections (4-K.7)

  • 4-C3.0.7 Explain how the federal government uses taxes and spending to serve the purposes of government.

    • Federal government (4-K.3)

• 4-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.

  • 4-C5.0.2 Explain rights of citizenship, why rights have limits, and the relationships between rights and responsibilities.

  • 4-C5.0.3 Describe ways in which people can work together to promote the values and principles of American democracy.

4-E Economics

• 4-E1 Market Economy: Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in a market economy.

  • 4-E1.0.1 Identify a good or service produced in the United States and apply the three economic questions all economies must address.

    • Goods and services (3-H.3)
    • Producers and consumers (3-H.4)
    • What is economics? (4-N.1)

  • 4-E1.0.2 Describe characteristics of a market economy.

  • 4-E1.0.3 Describe how positive and negative incentives influence behavior in a market economy.

    • Costs and benefits (4-N.2)

  • 4-E1.0.4 Explain how price affects decisions about purchasing goods and services.

  • 4-E1.0.5 Explain how specialization and division of labor increase productivity.

  • 4-E1.0.6 Explain how competition among buyers results in higher prices, and competition among sellers results in lower prices.

    • Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded (4-P.1)
    • Understand overall supply and demand (4-P.2)
    • Create and use supply and demand curves (4-P.3)

  • 4-E1.0.7 Describe the role of money in the exchange of goods and services.

    • Banks (4-O.1)

  • 4-E1.0.8 List goods and services governments provide in a market economy and explain how these goods and services are funded.

• 4-E2 National Economy: Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in the United States.

  • 4-E2.0.1 Explain how changes in the United States economy impact levels of employment and unemployment.

• 4-E3 International Economy: Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in the global economy.

  • 4-E3.0.1 Identify advantages and disadvantages of global competition.

4-P Process and Skills Standards

• 4-P1 Reading and Communication - Read and Communicate Effectively

  • 4-P1.1 Use appropriate strategies to read and interpret basic social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts.

    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (4-B.5)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • The Civil War: the end of the war (4-D.4)

  • 4-P1.2 Differentiate between primary and secondary source documents.

  • 4-P1.3 Express social science ideas or information in written, spoken, and graphic forms including tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and maps.

    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (4-Q.2)

  • 4-P1.4 Identify point of view and bias.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

• 4-P2 Inquiry, Research, and Analysis

  • 4-P2.1 Use compelling and supporting questions to investigate social studies problems.

  • 4-P2.2 Differentiate between compelling questions and supporting questions.

  • 4-P2.3 Use supporting questions to help answer compelling social studies questions.

  • 4-P2.4 Know how to find relevant evidence from a variety of sources.

    • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

  • 4-P2.5 Use data presented in social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts to answer compelling and supporting questions.

    • Plymouth (4-A.3)
    • Middle colonies: founding and government (4-A.6)
    • Southern colonies: economy and slavery (4-A.9)
    • The American Revolution: preparing for war (4-B.5)
    • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
    • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
    • Antebellum Period: economies of the North and South (4-C.5)
    • The Civil War: the end of the war (4-D.4)
    • Read a map: cardinal directions (4-F.1)
    • Identify lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.2)
    • Use lines of latitude and longitude (4-F.3)

• 4-P3 Public Discourse and Decision Making

  • 4-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.

    • 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.

      • Identify facts and opinions (4-Q.1)

    • 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.

      • The American Revolution: the Thirteen Colonies under British rule (4-B.1)
      • The American Revolution: New British taxes (4-B.2)
      • The American Revolution: the Boston Tea Party (4-B.3)
      • The American Revolution: the rebellion begins (4-B.4)
      • The American Revolution: preparing for war (4-B.5)
      • The American Revolution: struggle for independence (4-B.6)
      • The American Revolution: turning the tide of the war (4-B.7)
      • The American Revolution: conclusion and aftermath (4-B.8)
      • Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery perspectives (4-C.6)
      • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I (4-C.7)
      • Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II (4-C.8)
      • The Civil War: the beginning of the war (4-D.1)
      • The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to Gettysburg (4-D.2)
      • The Civil War: war tactics and the home front (4-D.3)
      • The Civil War: the end of the war (4-D.4)

  • 4-P3.3 Persuasive Communication About a Public Issue: Communicate a reasoned position on a public issue.

    • 4-P3.3.1 Compose a brief essay expressing a position on a public policy issue in the United States and justify the position with a reasoned argument.

• 4-P4 Civic Participation

  • 4-P4.2 Act constructively to further the public good.

    • 4-P4.2.1 Develop and implement an action plan and know how, when, and where to address or inform others about a public issue.

    • 4-P4.2.2 Participate in projects to help or inform others.