All students will describe and compare characteristics of ecosystems, states, regions, countries, major world regions, and patterns and explain the processes that created them. Early Elementary Later Elementary Middle School High School 1. Identify regions in their immediate environment and describe their characteristics and boundaries. Compare their community and region with others. Describe changes in the region over time as well as presently.
Draw sketch maps of the community, region, and nation.
Describe places, cultures, and communities in the United States and compare them with those in other regions and countries. Describe the geography of Michigan at major times in its history and explain the reasons for its change. Describe the physical, economic, and cultural geography of contemporary Michigan and its causes, advantages, and disadvantages. Describe the Great Lakes ecosystem, and explain physical and human processes that act upon them. Describe the geography of major United States regions, compare the regions, and explain the processes that created them.