United States History Toolkit

Item sets

• History Toolkit
  Every resource in the U.S. History Toolkit
• Women and Girls
  Resources related to the histories, cultures, or experiences of women or girls.
• Africans, Black People, and African Americans
  Resources pertaining to teaching and learning about Africans, Black People, and/or African Americans. Currently, these resources include - lesson and unit plans that focus on Africans, Black People and/or African Americans - primary sources created by or about Africans, Black People and/or African Americans.
• Indigenous Peoples
  Resources related to the histories, cultures, or experiences of Indigenous peoples.
• Christianity
  Resources pertaining to the history of Christianity and/or Christian peoples.
• Migration
  Resources about people leaving a place, particularly their home(land.)
• Social Change
  Resources about how change happens. Some resources can help students create change for the better in their community or more broadly. Other resources explore social change in the past.
• Geography
  Resources pertaining to the teaching and learning of geography.
• Immigration
  Resources about people coming to a place, often Michigan and/or the U.S.
• Intersectionality
• Arabs and Arab Americans
  Resources about the histories, cultures, or experiences of Arabs and/or Arab Americans.
• Critical Media Literacy
  Resources in this collection will help students identify misinformation, combat hate speech, and/or navigate online environments safely and responsibly.
• Media stereotypes
  Resources in this collection ask students to explore what media stereotypes are, how to identify them, and/or what to do when one encounters negative stereotypes.
• Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
• Islam
• American Dream
  Resources in this collection ask students to explore what the American Dream is, what it might mean, and/or how one might achieve it.
• Push/Pull Factors
  Resources that explore the push factor(s) (why someone left a place) and the pull factor(s) (why someone came to a place.)
• Sikhs and Sikh Americans
  Resources about the histories, cultures, or experiences of Sikhs and Sikh Americans.
• Inquiry
  Inquiry is a pedagogical strategy that "is at the heart of social studies" due to its focus on investigation and developing critical thinking skills (Michigan K-12 Social Studies Standards, page 5.)
• Asian and Asian Americans
  Resources about the histories, cultures, or experiences of Asians and Asian Americans.
• Michigan Inquiry
  Inquiry is a pedagogical strategy that "is at the heart of social studies" due to its focus on investigation and developing critical thinking skills (Michigan K-12 Social Studies Standards, page 5.) These inquiries focus on what became Michigan.
• Supporting Students
• Building Cultural Competency
  Information about customs, traditions, languages, holidays, and histories of "communities of color and other marginalized communities" (Public Act 119 of 2023.) Some resources might be helpful to include in your teaching, others focus more on how you can support students, particularly if your culture(s) differs from theirs.
• Muslims and Muslim Americans
  Resources about the histories, cultures, or experiences of Muslim and/or Muslim Americans
• Civics
  Resources pertaining to the teaching and learning of civics.
• History
  Resources pertaining to the teaching and learning of history.
• English Language Arts/Literacy
  Items in this collection integrate social studies and ELA/Literacy skills.
• Chaldeans and Chaldean Americans
  Resources about the histories, cultures, or experiences of Chaldeans and/or Chaldean Americans.
• LGBTQIA2S+
  In this collection, you will find about how to teach about LGBTQIA2S+ peoples as well as resources to help support your LGBTQIA2S+ students.
• Middle School
  Resources designed for 6th, 7th, or 8th grade students.
• High School
  Resources designed for 9th, 10th, 11th, and/or 12th grade students.
• Elementary School
  Resources designed for K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and/or 5th grade students.
• How to Teach
  Resources here will help build your pedagogical skills!
• Lesson/Unit Plans
  A variety of lesson or unit plans aligned with the 2019 Michigan social studies standards and other subject areas as relevant.
• Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans (APIDA)
  Resources about the histories, cultures, or experiences of APIDA.
• Economics
  Resources pertaining to the teaching and learning of economics.