The Michigan Curriculum Framework - Geographic Perspective

Diversity of People Places, and Cultures - All students will describe, compare, and explain locations and characteristics of places, cultures, and settlements

Human / Environment Interaction - All students will describe, compare, and explain the locations and characteristics of ecosystems, resources, human adaptation, environmental impact, and the interrelationships among them

Location, Movement, and Connections - All students will describe, compare, and explain the locations and characteristics of economic activities, trade, political activities, migration, information flow, and the interrelationships between them

Regions, Patterns, and Processes - All students will describe and compare characteristics of ecosystems, states, regions, countries, major world regions, and patterns and explain the processes that created them Global Issues and Events - All students will describe and explain the causes, consequences, and geographic context of major global issues and events