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3.1.6 What are the Important Human Characteristics in Michigan?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson students continue their study of the geographic theme of ‘place’ by exploring significant human characteristics of Michigan including bridges, cities, highways and lighthouses. In addition, students explore how people interact with natural (physical) characteristics by creating human characteristics (e.g. bridges are built over rivers, towns are built along bays.)

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Physical Geography
Physical Science
Social Science
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Collabrify Roadmap Center
Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/07/2020
3.1.7 How can Michigan be Divided in Regions?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. This lesson expands upon the concept of region by having students invent ways to divide Michigan into regions. Students compare the Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula of Michigan and then explore other ways in which Michigan can be divided into regions based on common characteristics (e.g., the Thumb, the Fruit Belt). Finally students examine regions to which Michigan belongs. (e.g., Great Lakes Region, Midwest).

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Physical Geography
Physical Science
Social Science
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GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/07/2020
3.2.1 What is Economics?
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This Roadmap is a remix of Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS put together all in one place. In this lesson students connect geography to economics as they explore how natural resources are used to produce goods and services in Michigan. They use specific examples such as the use of fertile soil to grow major crops. Students then use a Michigan product to dissect the resources necessary for production. In exploring Michigan products, the concept of entrepreneurship is introduced.

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Economics
Social Science
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GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/07/2020
3.2.3 How does Scarcity Affect Choices?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. This lesson begins with a scenario showing how scarcity results from the tension between limited resources and unlimited wants. Students then participate in a simulation involving economic decisions, choice, and opportunity costs. During the simulation, incentives such as sales are introduced. Students then apply these concepts to economic choices made in the state of Michigan by looking at how businesses and industries are affected by scarcity, choice and incentives.

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Economics
Social Science
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GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/07/2020
3.2.4 What are some important economic activities in Michigan?
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This Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson students continue to explore the concepts of scarcity, choice, and productive resources as they examine different types of economic activities in Michigan. They begin by identifying goods and services produced in their own local communities. Next, they explore a wide variety of Michigan products by playing a simple game and then categorizing the Michigan products according to economic activities such as manufacturing, agriculture, and mining. Next they take a brief look at service industries and tourism as well as research and development. Throughout the lesson, they use their knowledge of Michigan’s physical and human geography to answer the question: “Why is this economic activity located here?”

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Economics
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/07/2020
3.2.5 How Does Specialization Affect Michigan's Economy?
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This lesson begins with students connecting back to second grade and brainstorming reasons that people specialize (e.g., they have a special skill or talent, availability of productive resources, etc.). They then examine how specialization results in trade with others as they complete a graphic organizer depicting the relationship among specialization, trade, and interdependence. They expand their thinking as they consider how states and countries also specialize and are interdependent through an exploration of Michigan imports and exports.

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Economics
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.2.6 What Might be in Michigan's Economic Future?
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This lesson involves students using what they have learned about Michigan’s economic activities to explore Michigan’s economic future. Students are introduced to the importance of business development and entrepreneurship for Michigan’s economic future through a short, simplified newspaper article on a small company producing wind turbines. Next, they explore why wind turbine production and wind farms may become a vital part of Michigan’s economic future.

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Economics
Social Science
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Collabrify Roadmap Center
Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.3.1 Why do people need governments?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and pieces of the GIANTS all in one place. This lesson expands on students’ understanding of the concept of government which was introduced in grade 2. It begins with a small group activity where students explore what a community would be like without a government. After examining some of the important purposes of government, students study specific ways the Michigan state government works to fulfill these purposes.

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Political Science
Social Science
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Collabrify Roadmap Center
Author:
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.3.2 Why do we need local governments and a state government?
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This Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. This lesson serves as an introduction to the concept of levels of government. It begins with a review of the purposes of government. Students then explore the similarities and differences of state and local governments. Finally, they draw conclusions as to why state governments are needed.

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Political Science
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.3.3 What is Representative Government?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3, and GIANTS all in one place. Through a brief introduction to the concept of a republic, students learn that in our system of government, the power resides with the people. During the lesson, students identify their state representative and state senator.

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Political Science
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Mcihigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.3.4 How is our state government organized?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson students explore how the Michigan constitution limits the power of government by separating power. Students begin by creating a graphic organizer illustrating the organization of their local government. Students then examine how power is separated among the three branches of Michigan government and construct an organizer illustrating the branches.

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Political Science
Social Science
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Collabrify Roadmap Center
Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.3.5 What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?
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This Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. This lesson explores some of the rights of citizens such as freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and the right to vote. After students brainstorm a list of rights, they discuss how laws and governments protect people’s rights and how rights come with responsibilities. The lesson concludes with students creating a visual depiction of some of the rights and responsibilities of Michigan citizens.

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Political Science
Social Science
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Collabrify Roadmap Center
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GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.4.1 How do Historians Study the Past?
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The Roadmap is a remix of Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. This foundational lesson introduces students to historical reasoning through the analysis of primary sources, such as historical maps and photographs. They examine how historians are detectives of the past and use evidence from primary and secondary sources. Students then explore the chronology of the settlement of a village in Michigan and identify the causes and effects of the founding of the community.

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History
Social Science
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GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.4.2 In What Ways did the Early People of Michigan Interact with the Environment?
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The Roadmap is a remix of Michigan Open Book, MC3, and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson students apply what they have learned about the study of history to American Indian cultures in Michigan. They explore early American Indian groups in Michigan. Students then identify similarities and differences among the groups known as the “Three Fires.” Geography concepts are applied when students examine how American Indians used, adapted to, and modified the environment. The lesson concludes as students connect the past to the present by investigating American Indians in Michigan today.

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History
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.4.3: How did the French and the Fur Trade Change Michigan?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3, and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson, students explore the movement of the French into Michigan and the influence of these newcomers on native cultures. Students analyze illustrations, maps, narrative text, timelines, and other sources as they gather historical evidence about this time period in Michigan history.

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History
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.4.4: What Resulted from the British Interacting with Other Cultural Groups in Michigan?
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The Roadmap is a remix of the Michigan Open Book, MC3 and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson, students explore how conflicts between the French and British led to the British taking control of Michigan. Students then examine the impact of the British on native cultures. Using illustrations, maps, timelines, and other sources, students gather historical evidence about this time period in Michigan history. Throughout the lesson a focus is placed on the identification of causes and effects.

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History
Social Science
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Collabrify Roadmap Center
Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.4.5 How did Migration of New People Affect Michigan?
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The Roadmap is a remix of Michigan Open Book, MC3 and Giants all in one place. In this lesson students learn about early pioneer life in Michigan, including why settlement in Michigan was slow at first. Through primary sources and literature, students explore the challenges pioneers faced. They also analyze artifacts of an early settler cabin from an archaeological dig. Finally, students use what they have learned to construct a historical narrative about daily life in the early settlements of Michigan.

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History
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.4.6 How did Michigan Become a State?
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This is a Roadmap that is a remix of Michigan Open Book, MC3, and GIANTS all in one place. In this lesson, students first explore factors that led to increased population growth in Michigan. Students create a timeline and use maps and other resources as they learn how Michigan attained statehood. A focus is placed on the causal relationships between various events. In addition, the influence of individuals in creating history is addressed through examples such as Lewis Cass, Stevens T. Mason, and the many early settlers who came to Michigan.

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History
Social Science
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Author:
GIANTS
MC3
Michigan Open Book
Monique Coulman
Date Added:
03/08/2020
3.MD.C.7b - Finding Area_Madison's Garden
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This task challenges students to find the area of different sections of a garden and the entire garden. With missing lengths and widths, the students are challenged to apply computation skills to finding missing measurements.

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Mathematics
Measurement and Data
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Activity/Lab
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Homework/Assignment
Author:
Chelsea Davies
Linda Schoenbrodt
MSDE Admin
Date Added:
08/04/2020