Spectrum of the Straits Slide Program - Middle School

How does this fit in with the MEAP?

Mackinac State Historic Parks' Education Programs provide many different experiences, hands-on approaches and review for students studying Michigan Cultural and Natural History. Activities can be found in our curriculum materials, outreach programs can be brought to schools and site visits can show the students the "real thing".

This is a list of Michigan Social Studies Standards that are obtainable through our Spectrum of the Straits slide program. This video touches on and reinforces these benchmark strands and standards where they are stated. However, it is the teacher who guides and reinforces the content presented to help reach, meet and obtain these strands and standards.

MIDDLE SCHOOL - MICHIGAN CURRICULUM SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS

HISTORY STRAND
Standard I.1: Time and Chronology
I.1.MS.1 Construct and interpret timelines of people and events from the history of Michigan and the United States through the era of Reconstruction and from the history of other regions of the world.
I.1.MS.2 Describe major factors that characterize the following eras in United States history: The Meeting of Three Worlds (beginnings to 1620), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1815), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) and Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Standard I.2: Comprehending The Past
I.2.MS.1 Use narratives and graphic data to describe the settings of significant events that shaped the development of Michigan as a state and the United States as a nation during the eras prior to Reconstruction.
I.2.MS.2 Identify and explain how individuals in history demonstrated good character and personal virtue.

Standard I.4: Judging Decisions from the Past
I.4.MS.1 Identify major decisions in Michigan and the United States history prior to the end of the era of Reconstruction, analyze contemporary factors contributing to the decisions and consider alternative courses of action.

GEOGRAPHY STRAND
Standard II.2: Human/Environment Interaction
II.2.MS.4 Explain how humans modify the environment and describe some of the possible consequences of those modifications.

ECONOMICS STRAND
Standard IV.2: Business Choices
IV.2.MS.1 Using a real example, describe how business practices, profit and a willingness to take risks, enabled an entrepreneur to operate.
IV.2.MS.4 Examine the historical and contemporary role an industry has played and continues to play in a community.

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