Curriculum Supporting the Revised Standards
Be sure to also check out our video series unpacking the major changes to each grade level.
Michigan Holocaust and Genocide Education supports PA 170 of 2016, the law mandating genocide and Holocaust education in Michigan, with teacher resources and professional learning, (free) downloadable lesson plans and resources, community engagement, and opportunities and ideas for informed student action.
The GIANTS project began at Ottawa Area Intermediate School District in 2016 as a response to teaching the (at the time) ongoing revisions to the Social Studies Standards, and as a way to build in the arc of inquiry delineated by the C3 Framework into daily instruction. GIANTS is a free, open source curriculum project currently servicing teachers in Grades 3-8.
Based on a journal written by French Fur Trader Alexander Henry, this adapted primary source takes students through a year Alexander spent with his adopted Native American Family. It was developed by the Michigan Geographic Alliance and is targeted for "Third Grade Michigan Studies"
Instructional Resources Supporting the Revised Standards
The Michigan Open Book Project began in 2015 as a part of the state-wide Technology Readiness Infrastructure Grant (TRIG) and was written with both the C3 Arc of Inquiry and the ongoing (at the time) revisions to the Social Studies Standards. This instructional resource pairs nicely with the GIANTS curriculum project.
This panel discussion, hosted by the Michigan Council for the Social Studies, brings together three Black voices to discuss how teachers can and should teach race in their K-12 social studies classrooms. It was Moderated by Sean McBrady from Macomb ISD and featured Marshall Collins (Traverse Bay Area ISD), Harry Weaver (Chippewa Valley Schools), and Anthony Lewis (Michigan Department of Civil Rights).
Assessing the Revised Standards
The Michigan Open Book Project began in 2015 as a part of the state-wide Technology Readiness Infrastructure Grant (TRIG) and was written with both the C3 Arc of Inquiry and the ongoing (at the time) revisions to the Social Studies Standards. This instructional resource pairs nicely with the GIANTS curriculum project.
The PASST Project is a multi-year initiative targeted towards building classroom based next generation assessments in Social Studies. Testlets aligned to the new standards are available on the project website, as well as in several data warehouse solutions such as Illuminate.
