MICHIGAN CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

Content Standards and Benchmarks by Subject Area

(120 Total Content Standards)

Business Management Services and Support

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS - 12 Content Standards

Meaning and Communication:

  1.  All students will read and comprehend general and technical material.

  2.  All students will demonstrate the ability to write clear and grammatically correct sentences, paragraphs, and compositions (demonstrate fluency for multiple purposes, recognize techniques, edit texts, select appropriate language structure).

  3.  All students will focus on meaning and communication as they listen, speak, view, read, and write in personal, social, occupational, and civic contexts.

  4.  All students will use the English language effectively.

Voice :

  5.  All students will learn to communicate information accurately and effectively and demonstrate their expressive abilities by creating oral, written, and visual texts that enlighten and engage an audience.

Skills and Processes:

  6.  All students will demonstrate, analyze, and reflect upon the skills and processes used to communicate through listening, speaking, viewing, reading, and writing.

Genre and Craft of Language:

  7.  All students will explore and use the characteristics of different types of texts, aesthetic elements, and mechanics – including text structure, figurative and descriptive language, spelling, punctuation, and grammar – to construct and convey meaning.

Inquiry and Research:

  8.  All students will define and investigate important issues and problems using a variety of resources, including technology, to explore and create texts.

Critical Standards:

  9.  All students will develop and apply personal, shared, and academic criteria for the enjoyment, appreciation, and evaluation of their own and others' oral, written, and visual texts.

SOCIAL STUDIES - 24 Content Standards

Inquiry:

  1.  All students will acquire information from books, maps, newspapers, data sets and other sources, organize and present the information in maps, graphs, charts and timelines, interpret the meaning and significance of information, and use a variety of electronic technologies to assist in accessing and managing information.

SCIENCE - 15 Content Standards

MATHEMATICS - 13 Content Standards

Data Analysis and Statistics:

1. Students collect and store data, organize data into useful form, and develop skill in representing and reading data, displayed in different formats-collection, organization and presentation of data.

CAREER AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS - 10 Content Standards

Applied Skills:

  1.  All students will apply basic communication skills (e.g., reading, writing, speaking, and listening), apply scientific and social studies concepts, and perform mathematical processes in work-related situations.

Career Planning:

  2.  All students will acquire, organize, interpret, and evaluate information from career

awareness and exploration activities, career assessment, and work-based experiences to identify and pursue their career goals.

Developing and Presenting Information:

  3.  All students will demonstrate the ability to combine ideas or information in new ways, make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, and organize and present information in formats such as symbols, pictures, schematics, charts, and graphs.

Problem Solving:

  4.  All students will make decisions and solve problems by specifying goals, identifying resources and constraints, generating alternatives, considering impacts, choosing appropriate alternatives, and evaluating results.

Personal Management:

 5.  All students will display personal qualities such as responsibility, self-management, ethical behavior, and respect for self and others.

Organizational Skills:

  6. All students will identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources (such as time, money, materials, and human resources) efficiently and effectively.

Teamwork:

  7. All students will work cooperatively with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities, and will contribute to a group process with ideas, suggestions, and efforts.

Negotiation Skills:

  8. All students will communicate ideas to support a position and negotiate to resolve

divergent interests.

Understanding Systems and Using Technology:

  9. All students will understand complex systems, including social and technical systems, and work with a variety of technologies.

Using Employability Skills:

  10. All students will integrate employability skills into behaviors which prepare one for

obtaining, maintaining, advancing, and changing employment.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION - 8 Content Standards

TECHNOLOGY - 6 Content Standards

Using and Transferring:

  1.  All students will use and transfer technological knowledge and skills for life roles.

Using Information Technologies:

  2. All students will use technologies to input, retrieve, organize, manipulate, evaluate, and communicate information.

Applying Appropriate Technologies:

  3. All students will apply appropriate technologies to critical thinking, creative expression,and decision-making skills.

Employing Systematic Approach:

  4. All students will employ a systematic approach to technological solutions by using resources and processes to create, maintain, and improve products, systems, and environments.

Apply Standards:

 5.  All students will apply ethical and legal standards in planning, and using, and evaluating technology.

Evaluating and Forecasting:

  6. All students will evaluate the societal and environmental impacts of technology and

forecast alternative uses and possible consequences to make informed civic, social, and

economic decisions.

HEALTH EDUCATION - 7 Content Standards

ARTS EDUCATION (dance, music, theater, and visual arts – 5 Content Standards

WORLD LANGUAGES - 10 Content Standards

LIFE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION - 10 Content Standards