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Lesson Plans
Below are various links you may find useful!
We’ve done the “finger work” of searching out web sites that can provide alternative, grade level appropriate lesson plans.
This web site could be considered a starting point for browsing through a myriad of web sites offering a variety of ideas.
Be sure and check it out!!
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html
Here are some examples of archived web sites for Social studies Lesson plans:
Lesson plans for Immigrants to America (from Core Knowledge)
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/01_2_ImmigrationAmerica.pdf
Pancakes! Pancakes! - K-3 lesson on production, consumption, interdependence, capita and human resources
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade1/Pancakes.html
Lesson plans for Cesar Chavez - focusing on civic engagement
http://chavez.scientech.com/
Civics On-Line lesson plans from MSU
http://civics-online.org/
Maryland Geographic Alliance
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
Michigan Historical Museum
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17447_18595_18596---,00.html
Teacher’s Stuff- this section includes lesson plans, online galleries, readings, and other materials related to broad
historical time periods and Michigan-specific themes (lumbering, mining, farming, factory, rural Michigan, Great Depression,
1950’s, 1960’s, etc.). Lesson plans are directly related to Social Studies Content Standards. Some include ideas which
would tie into a visit too the Michigan Historical Museum.
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-53435--,00.html#photo
The “Create A Car on an Assembly Line” lesson plan has students using legos and working in an assembly line to mimic the
car plants found throughout Michigan. The lesson plan includes background information, opportunities for further reading,
several exhibits at the Michigan Historical Museum relating to the automobile industry, questions for discussion and a reference list,
along with the content standards the activity relates to.
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/mining/index.html
The “Tour the ‘Mining in Michigan’ Gallery On-line” site includes several pictures of Museum items, along with information about copper
and iron mining, mining communities, and shipping ore.
Turner-Dodge House
http://parks.cityoflansingmi.com/tdodge/index.html
Turner-Dodge House Website offers a map of Lansing circa 1866 (Special for Kids, Bird’s Eye view map). You can zoom in on the map and
find the capitol, several churches, some schools, and several familiar roads. This map could be used with Benchmark I.2.6 to compare
to Lansing today.
http://parks.cityoflansingmi.com/tdodge/page34.html
This webpage also offers a historical narrative by Harriet Longyear, a sister of Marion Turner. It could be used for Benchmark I.2
Hmong Culture
http://www.hmonguniverse.com/
This website offers several teacher resources. Many are books with ideas about how to incorporate the Hmong culture into the classroom.
(Education- Resources for Teachers- Pedagogical Materials- Hmong and the Storycloth This lesson plan looks at two storycloths, and asks
students to interpret what they see- to tell the story themselves. The site also has some information about the Hmong people, and about the
story cloths. This site relates to Benchmark II.1.3 and 4.
Department of Natural Resources “Outdoors Explorer’s Club”- Teachers- Resources- MII
Mineral Information Institute
http://www.mii.org/teacherhelpersa.php
Offers free lesson packets relating to Benchmark II.2 dealing with how humans use natural resources.
Michigan Supreme Court Virtual tour
http://www.courts.michigan.gov/plc/1stTour/Tour1_1.htm
Teachers are able to have their students take a "virtual tour" of the new Michigan Supreme Court Building.
Lansing Brochure
http://www.sjcisd.org/GRANTS/Lesson Plans/Nottawa 4th Lansing tri-fold word/LP.htm
Michigan Historical Center Teacher Resources
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_19513---,00.html
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