Hi Team..here is a link to the social studies state standards.  There is a lot of other links there but I thought you may be interested in some of the other supporting materials.  http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_38684_28761---,00.html 

The Education and Legal System group's mission is to study Mozambique’s current legal structure and educational policies, framework and standards to assess their alignment to the country’s idea of democracy.  We will review specific aspects of both topics that either support or impede Mozambique’s goals of democratization.  We will accomplish this through the review of current research (books, journals, dissertations) media (documentaries, films, music?) and interviews.  Our interviews will include Mozambican judges, public administrators, educational/political leaders, lawyers, teachers, and students.  We will also interview citizens in both rural and urban areas to assess their ideas about Mozambique’s legal and educational systems. 

As a comparative study, we will also talk to middle school students in the US and Mozambique and assess their ideas of democracy.  We would like to interview the following “types” of individuals:

•  U.S. and Mozambican students
•  Educational Policy Leaders
  • Armando Jorge Lopes, Eliseu Mabasso or other representative in the NELIMO center (at the University Eduardo Mondlane)
  • Representative of INDE (National Institute for Educational Development)
  • Representative of the Ministry of Education and Culture
•  Teachers/Principals/Students
•  Judges/Lawyers

To do list & questions: 

• Review current US standards to understand our governmental structure with relation to law/education and specific ideas about democracy
• What is the status of bilingual education in Mozambique, or education in Languages other than Portuguese?
• What is the status of electing/appointing judges and how is it tied to political parties throughout the legal heirarchy?