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This MDE office provides resources and technical assistance in physical education, sex education, health education, behavioral, emotional, mental, and social education as well as safety, discipline, and transportation.
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Michigan has an innovative and comprehensive system of assessments to measure student achievement in learning our state content standards.
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The MDE began the webinar series to assist educators learning around historical movements, events, and peoples that are part of the rich, diverse history of our country and world during the 2021-2022 school year. These free virtual webinars will explore multiple topics that supports content knowledge to assist classroom teacher practices and positively impact student’s history learning experiences.
The webinar series is produced in collaboration with institutions of higher education, cultural centers, and the 12 federally recognized tribes of Michigan that form the Confederation of Michigan Tribal Education Departments to assist educators with the teaching of and learning about comprehensive history through thematic instruction.
Each webinar session will feature a unique presentation on a given subject. Educators interested in a given topic are encouraged to attend all sessions associated with the topic.
The series of free virtual webinars continues with the following topics (all times are in the Eastern Time Zone).
This presentation will focus on the role of Native Americans aiding freedom seekers making their way northward into the Old Northwest (esp. from enslavement in the Upper South slave States of VA, KY, TN, and MO) between the Revolution and the Civil War. Key topics include:
Developed by the Confederation of Michigan Tribal Education Departments (CMTED) and the Michigan Department of Education’s Indigenous Education Initiative (IEI), Essential Understandings for Michigan serve as foundational knowledge about Indigenous communities and Tribal Nations that share geography with the state of Michigan. Explore key insights and perspectives that Indigenous communities and Tribal Nations encourage Michigan’s citizenry to understand and appreciate.
