1. Integrated Literacy Assignment
By: Amina Mohamed

2. GLCE
2-H2.0.4
Describe changes in the local community over time (e.g., types of businesses, architecture and landscape, jobs, transportation, population).
2-H2.0.5
Identify a problem in a community’s past and describe how it was resolved.
2-H2.0.6
Construct a historical narrative about the history of the local community from a variety of sources (e.g., data gathered from local residents, artifacts, photographs).

3. Websites supporting GLCE
Photographs
Historical data on Grand Rapids
Unit plan
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Includes visual that help explain what a community is.

4. Websites supporting GLCE (cont)
deal-data-binder-freebie.html
This site includes a graphic organizer to help students get started with planning and arranging the information needed for their historical narrative.

5. Sheldon Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI
Sheldon Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI

6. Court House, Grand Rapids, MI
*Architecture
Court House, Grand Rapids, MI

7. Grand Rapids Chair Company
*Business
Grand Rapids Chair Company

8. Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI
*Landscape
Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI

9. Primary Resource
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Includes old photos of Grand Rapids
Information on changes in the commercial and industrial sector of Grand Rapids

10. Unit for teaching GLCE
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Includes preparation activities, teaching ideas, and evaluation (will be modified to fit second grade).

11. Books and Magazines Grand Rapids and its People
History of Grand Rapids’ demographics
Contributions made by various people
The Mitten:
History of Gerald R. Ford Museum
“Michigan’s Cereal History”: History of Kellogg's cereal, founded in Battle Creek, MI

12. Books and Magazines (cont.)
Michigan History for Kids:
“A Century of Transportation”: History of M-6 highway
“Beginnings of the Automobile Industry”: Discusses the impact made by the automobile industry

13. Videos “People in the Community”
“History of Grand Rapids”

14. Game Community Helpers Similar to Bingo
Help kids know the different kinds of jobs found in their local community
Includes instructions in Spanish and French!

15. Poetry
A Grand River: Poems for Michigan

16. Citations
A Century of Transportation. (2005). Michigan History for Kids.
Beginnings of the Automobile Industry. (2002). Michigan History for Kids, 1(4).
Benvenuto, J. (2012). A Grand River: Poems for Michigan. N.p.: Thunder Bay Press.
Community Helpers Board Game from CML
Dickinson, . (1911). Grand Rapids beautiful, industrial, commercial. Grand Rapids, MI: Grand Rapids Board of Trade. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from Library of Congress .
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Donaker, A., Griffith, N., Lowing, M., Meuser, K., Morris, M., Norman, A., & Ohm, M. (2003). Grand Rapids and Its People. Grand Rapids, MI: Grand Rapids Historical Commission.
Frenz, M., & Sanchez, M. (n.d.). Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks and Traditions. InLibrary of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from Library of Congress .
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Gerald R. Ford. (2002, May). Michigan History Magazine.
Grand Rapids History (2012, May 31). In Youtube. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from

17. Citations (cont.)
[Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from
[Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from
[Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from
[Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from
Michigan's Cereal History. (2002, February). Michigan History Magazine.
"People in Our Community" - Teaches Jobs & Occupations (2012, December 2). In Youtube. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from
Personal Narrative and Data Binder Freebie (2013, June 19). In Growing Firsties . Retrieved April 6, 2014, from freebie.html
Second Grade Social Studies: Local Communities (2010, October 8). In Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum . Retrieved April 6, 2014, from 4