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Michigan Department of Education
Karen R. Todorov =
todorok@michigan.gov
The History Themes Project
The History Temes Project is a reasonable and valid selection
of important events, people and ideas for both Michigan and United
States History to guide Michigan teachers. The items listed in
this Project are the source for History MEAP test items. http://www.michiganepic.org/historythemes/
Michigan Council for the Social
Studies
The Michigan Council for the Social Studies is a wealth of
information concerning Social Studies. www.michcouncilss.org
National Council for the Social Studies
An information service for educators from National Council for the
Social Studies. http://www.ncss.org/
Model
MEAP Tests
Sample tests for grades 5, 8, and 11 are available at
http://www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid/0,1607,7-128-32017---,00.html
Michigan
Content Standards and Benchmarks
Make sure your social studies curriculum is in alignment with
the Michigan Curriculum Framework. No new social studies
benchmarks have been added from the original 1996 version. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MichiganCurriculumFramework_8172_7.pdf
Released
MEAP Items
Schools are allowed to use MEAP Released Items for
instructional or practice purposes. Items (with answers) have been
available since 1999.
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-22709_31168_31175---,00.html
MI
CLiMB
MIClimb is a curriculum resource for the arts, English
language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Each
benchmark has been explained with a clarification statement, an
instructional example, and assessment example, and resources related to
the benchmark. http://www.miclimb.net
SCoPE
(The Sample Curriculum and Plans for Education)
It provides units of study clearly linked to Michigan's
content standards, benchmarks and statewide assessments. http://www.michigan.gov/scope
Glossary of
Social Studies Terms (Includes many MEAP vocabulary)
This glossary is a tool to help teachers understand the
language of social studies. The 35 page document is intended for
teacher use only and contains many more terms and concepts than
we expect our K-12 students to master. Many of the technical social
studies terms from the Michigan Curriculum Framework benchmarks can be found in the glossary.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/10-02Glossary_48851_7.pdf
Other Resources
Social Studies
Tool Kits
The Michigan Council for the Social Studies still has their
Social Studies Tool Kits available for sale. The Tool Kit is a
flip chart format of the Social Studies content standards and
benchmarks, with related resources to support each strand. They are
available for $4.00 each by contacting the MCSS Office at 734.975.2811
or ddufek@ucia2.com or fax
734.677.2407.
Core Democratic
Values
A series of 9 Core Democratic Values posters (two values per
poster) with an accompanying discussion guide are also available from
MCSS for $3.00 per set. This series was originally published by
the Detroit News Newspapers in Education Program and Farmers Insurance
Group. Contact the MCSS Office.
Michigan History
Themes and Five Themes of Geography
A double-sided poster with Michigan History Themes on one side and the
Five Themes of Geography on the other side is also available from the
MCSS Office for $1.00 per poster.
History Themes
Timeline Posters
Posters that reflect the people and events of the History Themes Project
are available through the Kent Intermediate School District. Each
poster is printed on 8 1/2" X 11" heavy card stock,
including: appropriate illustration, year of event, summary of
event, and history theme and its logo. Sets are in sets for grades
4, 5, 8, and 9/10/11. Each set is $25 (price includes shipping and
handling). To order, contact: Kent ISD, 2930 Knapp NE, Grand
Rapids, MI 49525, Attn: Arlene Langford.
K-12 Financial
Literacy Resource Guide
Section 1165 of PA 111 required the Michigan Department of
Education to develop and make available to schools one or more model
programs for youth financial education. Adopted programs were
required to incorporate financial education throughout the curriculum
for grades K to 12 and be based on the concept of achieving financial
literacy through the teaching of personal financial management skills
and the basic principles involved with earning, spending, saving,
borrowing and investing. While some of the materials will cost you
to purchase them, other of equally high quality are free of
charge. For a copy of this guide, go to:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Financial_Literacy_information_list_85258_7.doc
Holistic Feature Scoring Rubric of Civic Writing:
Grades 11, 8 and 5
www.michigan.gov/documents/SSscoringrubrics42303_96945_7.pdf
Geography - Michigan Geographic Alliance
http://www.ngsednet.org/community/index.cfm?community_id=177
Civics - Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org/index.php
Economics:
Michigan Council on Economic Education
http://www.mceeonline.org/
National Council on Economic Education
www.ncee.net/
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
www.chicagofed.org/
History - Historical Society of Michigan and other
history links
www.hsmichigan.org/
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