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In an effort to help our teachers in this unprecedented situation we are sharing a list of distance learning resources that are recommended by fellow educators. Some may fit into your curriculum. They may not follow state standards directly, but the content will be sound. Please keep in mind that this page will be updated regularly.
Content Curriculum Resources
Content Curriculum Resources
Michigan open books project http://textbooks.wmisd.org/ (k-12) “The MI Open Book Project materials were written by Michigan teachers based off of the Michigan Content Expectations. They were edited by Social Studies specialists around the state, and continue to undergo review by professional organizations”. "Revisions." Textbooks.wmisd.org. N. p., 2019. Web. 3 May 2019.
Resources
Resources
GIANTS Curriculum (3-8) - Curricular units include instructional strategies unique for teaching spatial thinking skills through the Arc of Inquiry, hands-on activities, literacy strategies, and best practices in both formative and summative assessment and will be modeled at each session.
Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum (MC3) K-12 - The MC3 curriculum is aligned to the content in the Michigan Social Studies Standards although with the recent revision of the standards in June/2019, much of the the coding (depending on the grade) is no longer accurate.
MI Open Book Project (K-12) - The MI Open Book Project is an initiative funded by the Technology Readiness Infrastructure Grant (TRIG) in which a group of master teachers collaborated and developed an open educational resource (OER) for classrooms around Michigan. It also allows teachers to customize the content to them and their students.
Michigan Social Studies Remote Learning Resources:
Michigan Council for the Social Studies Webinar Series for Remote Learning:
Adapting Inquiry for Blended Learning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1141&v=98biToYbifQ&feature=emb_logo
You're spent the school year mired in your content and suddenly you're forced to figure out how to finish it remotely. This session will provide practical strategies both for adapting social studies inquiry for on line and offline remote learning, and finishing your school year with a bang. Accompanying document is available here
The Second Dimension Going Where No Man Or Woman Has Gone Before - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=545&v=OWxe7dcwv1Q&feature=emb_logo
What does strong skills-based instruction look like alongside the content in a social studies classroom? Explore with us, the skill sets incorporated within the History and Geography indicators from the C3 Framework. We'll spend time thinking, reading, and writing like historians and geographers, and analyzing what that really looks like in the middle grades. Accompany resource folder is available here.
Geography and Geography integration in Distance Learning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1763&v=FSmv7YUddAU&feature=emb_logo
Join us as we take a look at how geography can be a lens for teaching Social Studies in distance learning with suggested adaptations of MGA and other resources.
Michigan Council for History Education Remote Learning Resources
Michigan High School Economics Curriculum Menu
World History Digital Education
Michigan Geographic Alliance Remote Learning Resource Folder
Michigan Specific GeoInquiry Resource
Michigan Center for Civic Education
Other Social Studies Remote Learning Resources:
Scholastic Remote Learning Hub
National Geographic Learning from Home
iCIVICS Remote Learning Toolkit
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