1.0

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

1.1

Time and Chronology

1.1.a

The teacher candidate is able to sequence chronologically major eras within United States and world history and key events within those eras in order to examine relationships and to explain cause and effect.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

In the required courses, HIST 123 and HIST 124, students learn to sequence the eras of U.S. history, and in HIST 109 and HIST 110, students learn to sequence the periods of World History. In each of these classes, students learn how to apply explanations of cause and effect to historical issues, using both primary and secondary sources.

Minor: 

1.1.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to sequence chronologically major eras within United States and world history and key events within those eras in order to examine relationships and to explain cause and effect.

Elementary

Major:

Minor:

Secondary

Major:

In the required courses, HIST 123 and HIST 124, students learn to sequence the eras of U.S. history, and in HIST 109 and HIST 110, students learn to sequence the periods of World History. In each of these classes, students learn how to apply explanations of cause and effect to historical issues, using both primary and secondary sources. In HIST 481, students learn how to assist students in learning and mastering these concepts, through projects using Michigan’s History Themes and Examples.

Minor:

1.2

Comprehending the Past

1.2.a

The teacher candidate is able to understand narratives about major eras of American and world history by identifying the people involved, describing the setting and sequencing events.

Elementary

Major:

Minor: 

Secondary

Major: 

In the required courses, HIST 123 and HIST 124, students learn to sequence the eras of U.S. history, and in HIST 109 and HIST 110, students learn to sequence the periods of World History. In each of these classes, students learn how to apply explanations of cause and effect to historical issues, using both primary and secondary sources. HIS 300 teaches students to read, analyze and compose research-based historical narrative. In HIST 481, students learn how to assist students in learning and mastering these concepts, through projects using Michigan’s History Themes and Examples.

Minor: 

1.2.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students in understanding  narratives about major eras of American and world history by identifying the people involved, describing the setting and sequencing events.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

In the required courses, HIST 123 and HIST 124, students learn to sequence the eras of U.S. history, and in HIST 109 and HIST 110, students learn to sequence the periods of World History. In each of these classes, students learn how to apply explanations of cause and effect to historical issues, using both primary and secondary sources. HIS 300 teaches students to read, analyze and compose research-based historical narrative. In HIST 481, students learn how to assist students in learning and mastering these concepts, through projects using Michigan’s History Themes and Examples.

Minor:

1.3

Analyzing and Interpreting the Past

1.3.a

The teacher candidate is able to reconstruct the past by comparing interpretations written by others from a variety of perspectives and creating narratives from evidence.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major: 

In the required courses, HIST 123 and HIST 124, students learn to sequence the eras of U.S. history, and in HIST 109 and HIST 110, students learn to sequence the periods of World History. In each of these classes, students learn how to apply explanations of cause and effect to historical issues, using both primary and secondary sources. HIS 300 teaches students to read, analyze and compose research-based historical narrative. This research involves extensive use of primary sources drawn from local archives, oral histories, and other primary sources of documentation.  In HIST 481, students learn how to assist students in learning and mastering these concepts, through projects using Michigan’s History Themes and Examples.

Minor: 

1.3.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to reconstruct the past by comparing interpretations written by others from a variety of perspectives and creating narratives from evidence.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

I n the required courses, HIST 123 and HIST 124, students learn to sequence the eras of U.S. history, and in HIST 109 and HIST 110, students learn to sequence the periods of World History. In each of these classes, students learn how to apply explanations of cause and effect to historical issues, using both primary and secondary sources. HIS 300 teaches students to read, analyze and compose research-based historical narrative. This research involves extensive use of primary sources drawn from local archives, oral histories, and other primary sources of documentation.  In HIST 481, students learn how to assist students in learning and mastering these concepts, through projects using Michigan’s History Themes and Examples.

Minor:

1.4

Judging Decisions from the Past

1.4.a

The teacher candidate is able to evaluate key decisions made at critical turning points in history by assessing their implications and long-term consequences.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

All required history classes address this standard in terms of U.S. (HIST 123, HIST 124) or World history (HIST 109, HIST 110), by asking students to rethink historical issues in terms of their short and long-term impact.

Minor:

1.4.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to evaluate key decisions made at critical turning points in history by assessing their implications and long-term consequences.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

All required history classes address this standard in terms of U.S. (HIST 123, HIST 124) or World history (HIST 109, HIST 110), by asking students to rethink historical issues in terms of their short and long-term impact. HIST 481 provides instruction, based on the Powerful and authentic Social Studies model, to help students teach about historical turning points.

Minor:

2.0

GEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE

2.1

People, Places and Cultures

2.1.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of places, cultures and settlements.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the U.S. and Canada.

Minor:

2.1.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of places, cultures and settlements.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching the five themes, based on the work of the Michigan Geographic Alliance in developing Michigan Geography Curriculum.

Minor:

2.2

Human/Environment Interaction

2.2.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of ecosystems, resources, human adaptation, environmental impact, and the interrelationships among them.

Elementary

Major: 

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the U.S. and Canada.

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the geography of the U.S. and Canada.

Minor:

2.2.b

The teacher candidate is able to  assist students to describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of ecosystems, resources, human adaptation, environmental impact and the  interrelationships among them; describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of economic activities, trade, political activities, migration, information flow and the interrelationships among them.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the geography of the U.S. and Canada.

HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching the five themes, based on the work of the Michigan Geographic Alliance in developing Michigan Geography Curriculum.

Minor:

2.3

Location, Movement and Connections

2.3.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of economic activities, trade, political activities, migration, information flow and the interrelationships among them.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

                        Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the geography of the U.S. and Canada.

Minor:

2.3.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to describe, compare and explain the locations and characteristics of economic activities, trade, political activities, migration, information flow and the interrelationships among them.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the geography of the U.S. and Canada.

HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching the five themes, based on the work of the Michigan Geographic Alliance in developing Michigan Geography Curriculum.

Minor:

2.4

Regions, Patterns and Processes

2.4.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe and compare characteristics of ecosystems, states, regions, countries, major world regions and patterns and explain the processes that created them.

Elementary

Major:  

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:         

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the geography of the U.S. and Canada.

Minor:

2.4.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to describe and compare characteristics of ecosystems, states, regions, countries, major world regions and patterns and explain the processes that created them.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107 and GEOG 110 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography. GEOG 107 focuses on common themes of geography throughout the world, while GEOG 110 applies the five themes to each of the major world regions. GEOG 320 applies these themes to the geography of the U.S. and Canada.

HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching the five themes, based on the work of the Michigan Geographic Alliance in developing Michigan Geography Curriculum.

Minor:

2.5

Global Issues and Events

2.5.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe and explain the causes, consequences and geographic context of major global issues and events.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107, GEOG 110 and GEOG 320 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography as applied to contemporary global problems. HIST 109 and HIST 110 provide historical perspectives on current world issues and events.

Minor:

2.5.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to describe and explain the causes, consequence and geographic context of major global issues and events.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

GEOG 107, GEOG 110 and GEOG 320 each address this standard, teaching the five themes of cultural geography as applied to contemporary global problems. HIST 109 and HIST 110 provide historical perspectives on current world issues and events. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching about contemporary global events and problems.

Minor:

3.0

CIVIC PERSPECTIVE

3.1

Purposes of Government

3.1.a

The teacher candidate is able to identify the purposes of national, state and local governments in the United States, describing how citizens organize government to accomplish their purposes and assessing their effectiveness.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and citizen action. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact.

Minor:

3.1.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist learners in identifying the purposes of national, state and local governments in the United States, describing how citizens organize government to accomplish their purposes and assessing their effectiveness.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and citizen action. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching civics and government, drawing on materials from the Center for Civic Education through Law.

Minor:

3.2

Ideals of American Democracy

3.2.a

The teacher candidate is able to explain the meaning and origin of the ideas, including the core democratic values, expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and other foundational documents of the United States.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases involving the constitution. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact, and the constitutions development and evolution throughout U.S. history.

Minor:

3.2.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to explain the meaning and origin of the ideas, including the core democratic values, expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and other foundational documents of the United States.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases involving the constitution. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact, and the constitutions development and evolution throughout U.S. history. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching civics and government, drawing on materials from the Center for Civic Education through Law.

Minor:

3.3

Democracy in Action

3.3.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe the political and legal processes created to make decisions, seek consensus and resolve conflicts in a free society.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

                        Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases involving the constitution. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact, and the constitutions development and evolution throughout U.S. history.

Minor:

3.3.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to describe the political and legal processes created to make decisions, seek consensus and resolve conflicts in a free society.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases involving the constitution. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact, and the constitutions development and evolution throughout U.S. history. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching civics and government, drawing on materials from the Center for Civic Education through Law.

Minor:

3.4

American Government and Politics

3.4.a

The teacher candidate is able to explain how American governmental institutions at the local, state and federal levels provide for the limitation and sharing of power and how the nations political system provides for the exercise of power.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases involving the constitution. These issues involve many cases that helped define and redefine the system of federalism in the U.S., and the separate roles of state and national government. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact, and the constitutions development and evolution throughout U.S. history.

Minor:

3.4.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to explain how American governmental institutions at the local, state and federal levels provide for the limitation and sharing of power and how the nations political system provides for the exercise of power.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases involving the constitution. These issues involve many cases that helped define and redefine the system of federalism in the U.S., and the separate roles of state and national government. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government policy and its impact, and the constitutions development and evolution throughout U.S. history.  HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching civics and government, drawing on materials from the Center for Civic Education through Law.

Minor:

3.5

American Government and World Affairs

3.5.a

The teacher candidate is able to understand how the world is organized politically, how American foreign policy is formed and to understand the roles the United States plays in the international arena.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases, including foreign policy and the role of the U.S. in the international arena. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government’s foreign policy, and its development and evolution throughout U.S. history.

Minor:

3.5.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to understand how the world is organized politically, how American foreign policy is formed and to understand the roles the United States plays in the international arena.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

PLSC 112/3 and PLSC 301 both provide instruction on government and civic issues, including the constitution, Bill of Rights, legal issues and court cases, including foreign policy and the role of the U.S. in the international arena. HIST 123 and HIST 124 provide historical examples of U.S. government’s foreign policy, and its development and evolution throughout U.S. history. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of teaching civics and government, drawing on materials from the Center for Civic Education through Law.

Minor:

4.0

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

4.1

Individual and Household Choices

4.1.a

The teacher candidate is able to 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.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the central concepts of economics, such as scarcity and opportunity cost, both for individuals and for businesses.

Minor:

4.1.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to 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.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

                        Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the central concepts of economics, such as scarcity and opportunity costs, both for individuals and for businesses. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of how to teach economics, based on the work of the Michigan and National Councils for Economics Education, and the materials produced by the Federal Reserve.

Minor:

4.2

Business Choices

4.2.a

The teacher candidate is able to explain and demonstrate how businesses confront scarcity and choice when organizing, producing and using resources and when supplying the marketplace.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the central concepts of economics, such as scarcity and opportunity costs, both for individuals and for businesses.

Minor:

4.2.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to explain and demonstrate how businesses confront scarcity and choice when organizing, producing and using resources and when supplying the marketplace.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the central concepts of economics, such as scarcity and opportunity costs, both for individuals and for businesses. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of how to teach economics, based on the work of the Michigan and National Councils for Economics Education, and the materials produced by the Federal Reserve.

Minor:

4.3

Role of Government

4.3.a

The teacher candidate is able to describe how government decisions on taxation, spending, public goods and regulation impact what is produced, how it is produced and who receive the benefit of production.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the central concepts of economics, including the role of government in the economy. PLSC 301 provides instruction on U.S. government policy towards the economy, and the changing interpretations the courts have had of government regulation of interstate commerce.

Minor:

4.3.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to describe how government decisions on taxation, spending, public goods and regulation impact what is produced, how it is produced and who receive the benefit of production.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the central concepts of economics, including the role of government in the economy. PLSC 301 provides instruction on U.S. government policy towards the economy, and the changing interpretations the courts have had of government regulation of interstate commerce. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of how to teach economics, based on the work of the Michigan and National Councils for Economics Education, and the materials produced by the Federal Reserve.

Minor:

4.4

Economic Systems

4.4.a

The teacher candidate is able to 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.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the differences between a free-market and command economy, and to the different ways these systems are organized to satisfy consumer needs.

Minor:

4.4.b

The teacher candidate is able to assist students to 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.

Elementary

Major: 

Minor: 

Secondary

Major:

ECON 201 and ECON 202 introduce students to the differences between a free-market and command economy, and to the different ways these systems are organized to satisfy consumer needs. HIST 481 provides instruction, models and examples of how to teach economics, based on the work of the Michigan and National Councils for Economics Education, and the materials produced by the Federal Reserve.

Minor:

4.5

Trade

4.5.a