Social Studies
Winter 2023
Welcome!
Welcome new & returning social studies educators! My name is Helen Craig and I am the Social Studies Curriculum Consultant at the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District (ISD). The ISD provides opportunities for teachers in Mackinac, Chippewa, & Luce county to create professional networks and receive support in their subject area.
This newsletter contains local & state-wide professional learning opportunities, opportunities for students, professional learning for teachers, and monthly resources. This newsletter is updated on a quarterly basis and can also be found on the EUP ISD's social studies professional learning page.
Social Studies Teacher Leader Corps 2023
DATE ADDED FOR 2023
History Day 2023
These projects can be entered into a series of competitions, from the local to the national level. Local competitions start at the school-level in February. Regional History Day for Mackinac, Chippewa, & Luce County Schools is Friday, March 10, 2023. The state finals for Michigan History Day take place the last Saturday of April.
Check out theme information, project ideas, and a sample timeline for History Day here!
Professional Learning Opportunities for K-12 Teachers
Michigan Department of Education - Teaching Comprehensive History Webinar Series
- Civil War Amendments Up to the Civil Rights Movement January 11, 18, and 25, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
- Civil Rights Movement: National and Michigan Views February 8, 15, and 22, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
- Equal Rights Movement March 15, 22, and 29, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
- Intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and Equal Rights Movement April 19, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
- Disability Rights Movement April 26 and May 3, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
- Labor Rights Movement May 10, 17, and 24, 2023, 4-5 p.m.
- Social Studies Classroom Practice and Pedagogy June 7, 2023, 4:00–5:30 p.m
SCECHS are available for all sessions! Register for these upcoming zoom webinars soon! See the flyer for the first session below:
Social Studies in Sweatpants - Oakland Schools
Join various experts from the field and your Oakland Schools social studies consultants for 1-hour learning sessions (in your sweatpants---we will never know!). You will hear not only compelling historical accounts, but also ways to teach these in your classroom. You will leave with new knowledge and ready-to-use resources!
- Session 1: January 25, 7-8 p.m. (Zoom): What do historians know about sources that educators miss?
- Session 2: February 28, 7-8 p.m. (Zoom): How can we use the life of Detroiter George W. Crockett, Jr. to help us tell a fuller history of civil rights in America?
- Session 3: April 20, 7-8 p.m. (Zoom): How can we use sources about "hidden histories" like the Lavender Scare to help students better understand the past and navigate the present?
Check out more details about each session here.
Attn: 3rd Grade Teachers - Geo Adventures with GIANTS training available now!
Participants will:
- Explore existing resources such as GIANTS and Maawndoonganan, an Anishinaabe resource manual
- Apply an Indigenous perspective to their study of Michigan
- Integrate instructional resources on space and time
All sessions are via Zoom from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Upcoming session dates: January 10, March 7, and April 25. Register here!
For those unable to attend live sessions, recordings will be available! Register for the sessions to be notified when recordings get posted.
Oakland Schools - 8th Grade U.S. History
Student Opportunities
The Zekelman Holocaust Center
Art Contest
The Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, MI is pleased to announce that The 2023 Art & Writing Competition is now open for submission for middle and high school students! Now in its seventh year, The Kappy Family Art & Writing Competition, Co-Sponsored by the Family of Raphael Schwartz, invites any Michigan student in 7th-12th grade to take inspiration from and respond to the theme of “Art as Resistance” in Anne Frank’s diary, Night by Elie Wiesel, and the artwork of Erich Lichtblau-Leskly, currently featured in our visiting special exhibit, To Paint is to Live.
This year, our categories of submission include poetry, fiction prose, 2D art, 3D art, and graphic art. Any student may respond to any source of inspiration, or multiple sources. The deadline for submission is March 24, 2023.
Please click HERE to learn more about the competition as well to access the guidelines, classroom resources, and links for submission. For any questions, please email competition@holocaustcenter.org.
Virtual Museum Experiences
The Zekelman Holocaust Center is now booking Virtual Museum Experiences for the current school year. Contact Rick Schaffner (rick.schaffner@holocaustcenter.org) for more information.
Professional learning is also available for educators - see the PDF link below for more information on the sessions they offer.
Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarships
Winter Heritage & Awareness Months
February is Black History Month
Daily Black History Month Inspiration
March is Women's History Month
April is Genocide Awareness Month
Under Public Act 170 of 2016, the board of a school district or charter school must ensure that its school's social studies curriculum for grades 8 to 12 include age and grade appropriate instruction about genocide, including but not limited to the Holocaust, and the Armenian genocide. The statute "recommends" a combined total of six hours of such instruction during grades 8 to 12. The resources below are shared to support educators in learning and teaching about the Holocaust.
To commemorate Genocide Awareness Month in April, join Echoes & Reflections webinars to learn about the lessons of the Holocaust and help students prevent the escalation of antisemitism and other forms of hate in their schools and communities.
The USC Shoah Foundation is dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. Their website has resources and professional learning for both educators and students.
The Zekelman Holocaust Center (Farmington Hills, MI) has an educator resource page. In past years, several Eastern UP schools have taken field trips to the Holocaust Center.
Newsletter Archive
Helen Craig
Social Studies Curriculum Consultant
Regional School Health Coordinator
McKinney-Vento UPCED Facilitator
Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD
Email: hcraig-isd@eupschools.org
Website: https://www.eupschools.org/Page/6003
Phone: 906-632-3373 -5132