MICHIGAN
CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
Content
Standards and Benchmarks by Subject Area
(120
total content standards)
Machine
Trades
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS - 12 CONTENT STANDARDS
Meaning
and Communication:
1.
All students will read and comprehend general and technical
material.
2.
All students will use the English language effectively.
Voice
:
3.
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:
4.
All students will demonstrate, analyze, and reflect upon the
skills and processes
used
to communicate through listening, speaking, viewing, reading,
and writing.
Ideas
in Action:
5.
All students will apply knowledge, ideas, and issues drawn
from texts to their lives
and
the lives of others.
SOCIAL
STUDIES - 24 CONTENT STANDARDS
SCIENCE
- 15 CONTENT STANDARDS
Construct
New Scientific and Personal Knowledge:
1.
All
students will ask questions that help them learn about the
world; design and
conduct
investigations using appropriate methodology and technology;
learn from books and other sources of information; communicate
their findings using appropriate technology; and reconstruct
previously learned knowledge.
Use
Scientific Knowledge from the Physical Sciences in Real-World
Contexts:
2.
All students will measure and describe the things around us;
explain what the world
around
us is made of; identify and describe forms of energy; and
explain how electricity and magnetism interact with matter.
3.
All students will describe how things around us move and explain
why things move as
they
do; demonstrate and explain how we control the motions of
objects; and relate motion to energy and energy conversions.
MATHEMATICS
- 13 CONTENT STANDARDS
Patterns,
Relationships and Functions:
1.
Students recognize similarities and generalize patterns, use
patterns to create models and make predictions, describe the
nature of patterns and relationships, and construct representations
of mathematical relationships.
2.
Students describe the relationships among variables, predict
what will happen to
one
variable as another variable is changed, analyze natural variation
and sources of
variability,
and compare patterns of change.
Geometry
and Measurement:
3.
Students develop spatial sense, use shape as an analytic and
descriptive tool,
identify
characteristics and define shapes, identify properties and
describe
relationships
among shapes.
4.
Students identify locations of objects, identify location
relative to other objects, and describe the effects of transformations
(e.g. sliding, flipping, turning, enlarging, reducing) on
an object.
5.
Students compare attributes of two objects, or of one object
with a standard
(unit),
and analyze situations to determine what measurement(s) should
be made
and
to what level of precision.
Data
Analysis and Statistics:
6.
Students collect and store data, organize data into useful
form, and develop skill in representing and reading data,
displayed in different formats - collection, orgranization
and presentation of data.
Number Sense and Numeration:
7.
Students experience counting and measuring activities to develop
intuitive sense about numbers, develop understanding about
properties of numbers, understand the need for and existence
of different sets of numbers, and investigate properties of
special numbers.
8.
Students recognize that numbers are used in different ways
such as counting,
measuring,
ordering and estimating, understand and produce multiple
representations
of a number, and translate among equivalent representations.
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.
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.
Understanding
Systems and Using Technology:
8.
All students will understand complex systems, including social
and technical
systems,
and work with a variety of technologies.
Using
Employability Skills:
9.
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.
Applying
Standards:
5.
All students will apply ethical and legal standards in planning,
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 - CONTENT STANDARDS
Applied
Health Concepts:
1.
All students will apply health promotion and disease prevention
concepts and principles to personal, family, and community
health issues.
Accessing
Information Services:
2.
All students will access valid health information and appropriate
health promoting products and services.
Goal
Setting and Decision Making:
3.
All students will use goal setting and decision-making skills
to enhance health.
Social
Skills:
4.
All students will demonstrate effective interpersonal communication
and other
social
skills which enhance health.
ARTS
EDUCATION (dance, music, theater, and visual arts) - 5 CONTENT
STANDARDS
Creating:
1.
All students will apply skills and knowledge to create in
the arts.
Analyzing
in Context:
2.
All students will analyze, describe, and evaluate works of
art.
WORLD
LANGUAGES - 10 CONTENT STANDARDS
Using
a Non-English Language:
1.
All students will identify and use a non-English language
appropriately to perform a variety of tasks, in a variety
of contexts, and utilizing a variety of content.
Expression
and Inquiry:
2.
All students will use a non-English language as a means of
expression and inquiry.
Constructing
Meaning:
3.
All students will extract meaning and knowledge from authentic
non-English language texts, media presentations, and oral
communications.
Linking
Language and Culture:
4.
All students will connect a non-English language and culture
through texts, writing, discussion, and projects.
Acquiring
Knowledge:
5.
All students will use a non-English language to acquire knowledge
and connect to other disciplines.
Global
Community:
6.
All students will define
and characterize the global community.
LIFE
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION - 10 CONTENT STANDARDS
Balance
of Work and Family:
1.
All
students will demonstrate skill necessary to function in family
roles and relationships which are transferable to roles and
responsibilities within the workplace and community.
Nurturing:
2.
All students will demonstrate the characteristic of nurturing.
Human
Development:
3.
All students will analyze factors which influence human development.
Decision-making:
4.
All
students will demonstrate responsible personal and family
decision-making.
Responsibility:
5.
All students will practice family, social, and civic responsibility.
Wellness:
6.
All students will develop a plan for individual and family
wellness.
Consumerism:
7.
All students will practice responsible consumer and producer
behavior, rights, and responsibilities.
Using
Community Resources:
8.
All students will demonstrate the use of community resources
to solve individual
and
family issues.
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