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    Telling Detroit's Story
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We think you will be pleased with how they will enrich your classrooms understanding of Detroit’s fascinating story.

Select the lessons you would like from the listings below:

A: Grades K-2

The Detroit Flag: Symbols of our History
Five Themes of Geography and Detroit
The Port of Detroit
On the Assembly Line
Detroit and the Underground Railroad

B: Grades 3-5

The Three Fires People
The Ribbon Farms in Early Detroit
Profiles of Selected Influential Detroiters, 1701-1837
Taking it to the Streets
Exploring Detroit's Ethnic Heritage
The Automobile & Its Impact on Detroit

C: Grades 5-8

Pontiac's Rebellion
Detroit Under Three Flags: 1701-1796
Selected Mayors of Detroit
Canal Boats to Michigan 1820-1850
The Thornton Blackburn Affair
From Farming to Industrialization in Detroit

D: Grades 9-12

Migration to Southeast Michigan
Auto Industry Economy
The Trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet
Detroit and the Suburbs
Belle Isle Controversy
Sit-Down Strikes and Labor's Right to Organize Detroit: 1937

 

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