Integrated Literacy Assignment By: Amina Mohamed

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).

Websites supporting GLCE www.loc.gov Photographs Historical data on Grand Rapids Unit plan http://www.dryden.k12.mi.us/common/pages/Displa yFile.aspx?itemId=3678464 Includes visual that help explain what a community is.

Websites supporting GLCE (cont) http://growingfirsties.blogspot.com/2013/06/todays- 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.

Sheldon Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a18676/ Sheldon Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI

Court House, Grand Rapids, MI http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a23407/ *Architecture Court House, Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids Chair Company http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a18670/ *Business Grand Rapids Chair Company

Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a18679/ *Landscape Grand River, Grand Rapids, MI

Primary Resource https://archive.org/stream/grandrapidsbeaut00dick# page/n0/mode/2up Includes old photos of Grand Rapids Information on changes in the commercial and industrial sector of Grand Rapids

Unit for teaching GLCE http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/less ons/community/index.html Includes preparation activities, teaching ideas, and evaluation (will be modified to fit second grade).

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

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

Videos “People in the Community” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw6RBvUmayA “History of Grand Rapids” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWHB5D_tu4

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!

Poetry A Grand River: Poems for Michigan

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 . https://archive.org/stream/grandrapidsbeaut00dick #page/n0/mode/2up 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 . http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/les sons/community/index.html Gerald R. Ford. (2002, May). Michigan History Magazine. Grand Rapids History (2012, May 31). In Youtube. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWHB5D_tu4

Citations (cont.) [Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a18670/ [Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a18676/ [Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a18679/ [Image of painting]. Grand Rapids, Michigan; Library of Congress. Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/det.4a23407/ 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw6RBvUmayA Personal Narrative and Data Binder Freebie (2013, June 19). In Growing Firsties . Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://growingfirsties.blogspot.com/2013/06/todays-deal-data-binder- freebie.html Second Grade Social Studies: Local Communities (2010, October 8). In Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum . Retrieved April 6, 2014, from http://www.dryden.k12.mi.us/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=367846 4