TIME TRAVELERS
History & Social Studies KindergartenTIME TRAVELERS
Students will travel back in time to explore historical objects and learn about people from the past through hands-on activities. Compare and contrast historical artifacts with the objects used in the present, and think about what people in the future may use for a similar purpose.
GLCE: K-H2.0.1, K-H2.0.4
TIME TRAVELERS
Students will travel back in time to explore historical objects and learn about people from the past through hands-on activities. Compare and contrast historical artifacts with the objects used in the present, and think about what people in the future may use for a similar purpose.
GLCE: K-H2.0.1, K-H2.0.4
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IT ALL STARTS WITH ME
History & Social Studies KindergartenIT ALL STARTS WITH ME
Students will explore the past, present, and future from the perspective of their own lives. Join a museum educator for historical story time, identify the important details and people from the story, and compare life today with life in the past, while creating a hands-on project to take home.
GLCE: K-H2.0.1, K-H2.0.2, K-H2.0.3, K-G5.0.1
IT ALL STARTS WITH ME
Students will explore the past, present, and future from the perspective of their own lives. Join a museum educator for historical story time, identify the important details and people from the story, and compare life today with life in the past, while creating a hands-on project to take home.
GLCE: K-H2.0.1, K-H2.0.2, K-H2.0.3, K-G5.0.1
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TIME TRAVELERS
History & Social Studies 1st GradeTIME TRAVELERS
Students will travel back in time to explore historical objects and learn about people from the past through hands-on activities. Compare and contrast historical artifacts with the objects used in the present, and think about what people in the future may use for a similar purpose.
GLCE: 1-H2.0.5, 1-H2.0.6
TIME TRAVELERS
Students will travel back in time to explore historical objects and learn about people from the past through hands-on activities. Compare and contrast historical artifacts with the objects used in the present, and think about what people in the future may use for a similar purpose.
GLCE: 1-H2.0.5, 1-H2.0.6
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IT ALL STARTS WITH ME
History & Social Studies 1st GradeIT ALL STARTS WITH ME
Students will explore the past, present, and future from the perspective of their own lives. Join a museum educator for historical story time, identify the important details and people from the story, and compare life today with life in the past, while creating a hands-on project to take home.
GLCE: 1-H2.0.1, 1-H2.0.3, 1-H2.0.4, 1-H2.0.5, 1-H2.0.6
IT ALL STARTS WITH ME
Students will explore the past, present, and future from the perspective of their own lives. Join a museum educator for historical story time, identify the important details and people from the story, and compare life today with life in the past, while creating a hands-on project to take home.
GLCE: 1-H2.0.1, 1-H2.0.3, 1-H2.0.4, 1-H2.0.5, 1-H2.0.6
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IF I COULD BUILD A CITY
History & Social Studies 1st GradeIF I COULD BUILD A CITY
What is a community? It’s never too soon to learn how communities work. Join our educators as they focus on the importance of transportation, location, communication, and infrastructure to help “build a city” and make it successful. Each team will discuss, plan, and build a two-dimensional model city.
GLCE: 1-G5.0.1, 1-E1.0.1
IF I COULD BUILD A CITY
What is a community? It’s never too soon to learn how communities work. Join our educators as they focus on the importance of transportation, location, communication, and infrastructure to help “build a city” and make it successful. Each team will discuss, plan, and build a two-dimensional model city.
GLCE: 1-G5.0.1, 1-E1.0.1
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RESOURCEFUL RED HEN
History & Social Studies 2nd GradeRESOURCEFUL RED HEN
Using her entrepreneurial skills, the Little Red Hen invested natural, capital, and human resources to produce some delicious goods! The cat, dog, and mouse learned a hard lesson about incentives and opportunity costs. Using a reader’s theater format, kids will hear the story of “The Little Red Hen.” Students will use natural, capital, and human resources to plant wheat seeds to take home.
GLCE: 2-E1.0.1, 2-E1.0.4
RESOURCEFUL RED HEN
Using her entrepreneurial skills, the Little Red Hen invested natural, capital, and human resources to produce some delicious goods! The cat, dog, and mouse learned a hard lesson about incentives and opportunity costs. Using a reader’s theater format, kids will hear the story of “The Little Red Hen.” Students will use natural, capital, and human resources to plant wheat seeds to take home.
GLCE: 2-E1.0.1, 2-E1.0.4
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IF I COULD BUILD A CITY
History & Social Studies 2nd GradeIF I COULD BUILD A CITY
What is a community? It’s never too soon to learn how communities work. Join our educators as they focus on the importance of transportation, location, communication, and infrastructure to help “build a city” and make it successful. Each team will discuss, plan, and build a two dimensional model city.
GLCE: 2-G2.0.2, 2-G4.0.1, 2-G4.0.2, 2-G5.0.1, 2-G5.0.2, 2-E1.0.2
IF I COULD BUILD A CITY
What is a community? It’s never too soon to learn how communities work. Join our educators as they focus on the importance of transportation, location, communication, and infrastructure to help “build a city” and make it successful. Each team will discuss, plan, and build a two dimensional model city.
GLCE: 2-G2.0.2, 2-G4.0.1, 2-G4.0.2, 2-G5.0.1, 2-G5.0.2, 2-E1.0.2
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RESOURCEFUL RED HEN
History & Social Studies 3rd GradeRESOURCEFUL RED HEN
Using her entrepreneurial skills, the Little Red Hen invested natural, capital, and human resources to produce some delicious goods! The cat, dog, and mouse learned a hard lesson about incentives and opportunity costs. Using a reader’s theater format, kids will hear the story of “The Little Red Hen.” Students will use natural, capital, and human resources to plant wheat seeds to take home.
GLCE: 3-E1.0.1, 3-E1.0.2, 3-E1.0.4
RESOURCEFUL RED HEN
Using her entrepreneurial skills, the Little Red Hen invested natural, capital, and human resources to produce some delicious goods! The cat, dog, and mouse learned a hard lesson about incentives and opportunity costs. Using a reader’s theater format, kids will hear the story of “The Little Red Hen.” Students will use natural, capital, and human resources to plant wheat seeds to take home.
GLCE: 3-E1.0.1, 3-E1.0.2, 3-E1.0.4
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LANDFORMS
History & Social Studies 3rd GradeLANDFORMS
Explore Earth! Students will use clay to sculpt mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus, and other major landforms. Investigate where on earth these landforms can be found and what forces help shape our world. Discover the many different landforms that are located in our state of Michigan.
GLCE: 3-G1.0.1, 3-G1.0.2
LANDFORMS
Explore Earth! Students will use clay to sculpt mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus, and other major landforms. Investigate where on earth these landforms can be found and what forces help shape our world. Discover the many different landforms that are located in our state of Michigan.
GLCE: 3-G1.0.1, 3-G1.0.2
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PIONEER JOURNEY
History & Social Studies 3rd GradePIONEER JOURNEY
Students will travel back in time to the opening of the Erie Canal and learn how it led to a significant population growth in Michigan. Go on a journey with a pioneer family who is migrating from New York to the wilderness of Michigan through hands-on activities. Discover how pioneers had to make difficult decisions, and trek through the harsh landscape with few possessions.
GLCE: 3-H3.0.1, 3-H3.0.2, 3-H3.0.3, 3-H3.0.7, 3-G5.0.1, 3-G5.0.2
PIONEER JOURNEY
Students will travel back in time to the opening of the Erie Canal and learn how it led to a significant population growth in Michigan. Go on a journey with a pioneer family who is migrating from New York to the wilderness of Michigan through hands-on activities. Discover how pioneers had to make difficult decisions, and trek through the harsh landscape with few possessions.
GLCE: 3-H3.0.1, 3-H3.0.2, 3-H3.0.3, 3-H3.0.7, 3-G5.0.1, 3-G5.0.2
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LUMBER CAMP
History & Social Studies 3rd GradeLUMBER CAMP
Explore how Michigan and the Great Lakes region was once the center of the American lumber industry. Examine how Flint and other Michigan cities used the abundance of trees and waterways to develop economic growth. Investigate life in a lumbering camp through primary and secondary sources. Discover how lumber barons used natural, human, and capital resources to make their businesses successful.
GLCE: 3-G4.0.2, 3-E1.0.3, 3-E1.0.4, 3-G5.0.1, 3-G5.0.2
LUMBER CAMP
Explore how Michigan and the Great Lakes region was once the center of the American lumber industry. Examine how Flint and other Michigan cities used the abundance of trees and waterways to develop economic growth. Investigate life in a lumbering camp through primary and secondary sources. Discover how lumber barons used natural, human, and capital resources to make their businesses successful.
GLCE: 3-G4.0.2, 3-E1.0.3, 3-E1.0.4, 3-G5.0.1, 3-G5.0.2
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ANISHINABEK: CONNECTING WITH THE LAND
History & Social Studies 3rd GradeANISHINABEK: CONNECTING WITH THE LAND
Explore how the people of the Three Fires Confederacy (Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi) adapted to and used their environment and natural resources to meet their basic needs for survival. Investigate primary sources, visual evidence, artifacts, and replicas through hands-on activities in order to answer historical questions about daily life for the Anishinabek in the early history of Michigan.
GLCE: 3-H3.0.1, 3-H3.0.2, 3-H3.0.4, 3-H3.0.5, 3-G5.0.1, 3-G5.0.2, 3-G4.0.4
ANISHINABEK: CONNECTING WITH THE LAND
Explore how the people of the Three Fires Confederacy (Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi) adapted to and used their environment and natural resources to meet their basic needs for survival. Investigate primary sources, visual evidence, artifacts, and replicas through hands-on activities in order to answer historical questions about daily life for the Anishinabek in the early history of Michigan.
GLCE: 3-H3.0.1, 3-H3.0.2, 3-H3.0.4, 3-H3.0.5, 3-G5.0.1, 3-G5.0.2, 3-G4.0.4
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HISTORY DETECTIVES
History & Social Studies 3rd GradeHISTORY DETECTIVES
Working in teams, uncover the history behind mysteriously abandoned artifacts from the past. Investigate each object using keen detective skills, historical thinking, visual evidence, and primary and secondary sources. Can you figure out what the mystery objects are?
GLCE: 3-H3.0.1, 3-H3.0.2, 3-H3.0.7
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Working in teams, uncover the history behind mysteriously abandoned artifacts from the past. Investigate each object using keen detective skills, historical thinking, visual evidence, and primary and secondary sources. Can you figure out what the mystery objects are?
GLCE: 3-H3.0.1, 3-H3.0.2, 3-H3.0.7
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HISTORY DETECTIVES
History & Social Studies 4th GradeHISTORY DETECTIVES
Working in teams, uncover the history behind mysteriously abandoned artifacts from the past. Investigate each object using keen detective skills, historical thinking, visual evidence, and primary and secondary sources. Can you figure out what the mystery objects are?
GLCE: 4-H3.0.4
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Working in teams, uncover the history behind mysteriously abandoned artifacts from the past. Investigate each object using keen detective skills, historical thinking, visual evidence, and primary and secondary sources. Can you figure out what the mystery objects are?
GLCE: 4-H3.0.4
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LUMBER CAMP
History & Social Studies 4th GradeLUMBER CAMP
Explore how Michigan and the Great Lakes region was once the center of the American lumber industry. Examine how Flint and other Michigan cities used the abundance of trees and waterways to develop economic growth. Investigate life in a lumbering camp through primary and secondary sources. Discover how lumber barons used natural, human, and capital resources to make their businesses successful.
GLCE: 4-H3.0.1
LUMBER CAMP
Explore how Michigan and the Great Lakes region was once the center of the American lumber industry. Examine how Flint and other Michigan cities used the abundance of trees and waterways to develop economic growth. Investigate life in a lumbering camp through primary and secondary sources. Discover how lumber barons used natural, human, and capital resources to make their businesses successful.
GLCE: 4-H3.0.1
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HISTORY DETECTIVES
History & Social Studies 5th GradeHISTORY DETECTIVES
Working in teams, uncover the history behind mysteriously abandoned artifacts from the past. Investigate each object using keen detective skills, historical thinking, visual evidence, and primary and secondary sources. Can you figure out what the mystery objects are?
GLCE: 5-U1.4.1
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Working in teams, uncover the history behind mysteriously abandoned artifacts from the past. Investigate each object using keen detective skills, historical thinking, visual evidence, and primary and secondary sources. Can you figure out what the mystery objects are?
GLCE: 5-U1.4.1
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