The Mitten, Back issues and Teacher Supplements

The Mitten topics and teacher supplements
The Mitten is a 4-page, full-color reader that covers important topics from Michigan's past. A corresponding teacher supplement is available with lesson plan ideas. Each supplement, prepared by the education staff of the Michigan Historical Center, is 2 pages and available only on this website.

These publications will assist in teaching the new Social Studies Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCEs) for grades 3 and 4. See the GLCE listing below each topic.

All back issues can be downloaded for free from this site. To purchase full-color readers, including classroom sets, call (800) 366-3703. Or fill out and mail or fax the Mitten order form with payment or purchase order.

African Americans in the Civil War
Dec. 2002
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Teacher supplement
"African Americans in the Civil War" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-C5.0.1 3-H3.0.8 3-H3.0.10 4-H3.0.4 4-H3.0.7 4-H3.0.9

Arsenal of Democracy
Mar. 2002
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"Arsenal of Democracy" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G4.0.1     3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.3      3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.6     4-H3.0.9     4-E1.0.1     4-E1.0.5

Battle of Gettysburg
Dec. 2003
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"Battle of Gettysburg" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.9     4-C5.0.1

Bottle Bill
May 2004
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Teacher supplement
"Bottle Bill" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.2     3-P3.1.3     3-C1.0.1     3-C5.0.1
4-H3.0.1    4-H3.0.8    4-H3.0.9     4-G5.0.1     4-E1.0.1     4-C1.0.1
4-C1.0.2    4-C5.0.1    4-C5.0.2    4-C5.0.4     4-P3.1.3

Cereal City (Battle Creek)
Feb. 2002
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"Cereal City" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G4.0.1     3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.3     3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.5    4-H3.0.9     4-E1.0.1

Columbian Exposition
Feb. 2003
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"Columbian Exposition" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G4.0.1 3-E1.0.1
4-H3.0.1 4-H3.0.4 4-H3.0.6 4-E1.0.1

Copper
Jan. 2002
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"Copper" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.5     3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.8     3-G4.0.1     3-G4.0.2
3-G5.0.1     3-G5.0.2    3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.3     3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.8     4-H3.0.9
4-G4.0.1     4-G4.0.2    4-G5.0.1     4-E1.0.1

The Depression
Mar. 2004
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"The Depression" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-E1.0.1      3-C1.0.1
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.9     4-E2.0.1     4-C1.0.2

Detroit's Walk to Freedom
Apr. 2003
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"Detroit's Walk to Freedom" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-P3.1.1 3-C5.0.1 4-H3.0.4 4-H3.0.9 4-C1.0.1 4-C1.0.2
4-C2.02 4-C5.0.1 4-C5.0.4 4-P3.1.1

Father Jacques Marquette
Oct. 2002
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"Father Jacques Marquette" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1 3-H3.0.3 3-H3.0.6 3-H3.0.8 3-H3.0.10 3-G4.0.2
4-G4.0.1

The Fur Trade
Oct. 2004
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"The Fur Trade" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.5     3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.7     3-G1.0.2
3-G4.0.2     3-G5.0.1     3-G5.0.2    3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.3     3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.8     4-G4.0.1     4-G4.0.2    4-G5.0.1
4-E1.0.1

George Romney
May 2003
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"George Romney" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
4-H3.0.1 4-H3.0.9 4-C1.0.1 4-C5.0.1

Gerald R. Ford
May 2002
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"Gerald R. Ford" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
4-H3.0.1 4-H3.0.9 4-C1.0.1 4-C5.0.1

Hopewell Indians
Sept. 2003
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"Hopewell Indians" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1 3-H3.0.5 3-H3.0.10 3-G1.0.2 3-G2.0.1 3-G2.0.2

Huron Indians
Sept. 2002
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"Huron Indians" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1 3-H3.0.5 3-H3.0.6 3-H3.0.7 3-H3.0.10 3-G1.0.2
3-G5.0.1 3-G5.0.2

Iron Ore
April 2005
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Teacher supplement
"Iron Ore" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G4.0.1     3-G4.0.2     3-G5.0.1     3-G5.0.2    3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.3
3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.8     4-H3.0.9
4-G4.0.1     4-G4.0.2    4-G5.0.1     4-E1.0.1

Isle Royale
Aug. 2005
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"Isle Royale" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.5     3-H3.0.10     3-E1.0.3    3-G4.0.1     3-G4.0.2
3-G4.0.2     3-G5.0.1    3-G5.0.2
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.8     4-G5.0.1

Mackinac, The Gathering Place
Oct. 2001
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"Mackinac, The Gathering Place" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.5      3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.7     3-H3.0.10
3-G1.0.2    3.G4.0.1     3.G4.0.2     3-G5.0.1    3-G5.0.2
3-E1.0.3      3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.5     4-H3.0.9
4-E1.0.1

Michigan at 200
Jan. 2005
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Teacher supplement
"Michigan at 200" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.8     3-H3.0.9     3-H3.0.10
3-G1.0.1     3-G2.0.2    3-G4.0.1     3-G4.0.2     3-C1.0.1
4-H3.0.1

Mighty Mac (Mackinac Bridge)
Apr. 2002
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"Mighty Mac" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-E1.0.3     3-E1.0.4      3-G5.0.1     3-G5.0.2
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.3      4-H3.0.5     4-H3.0.9     4-G5.0.1
4-E1.0.1     4-E1.0.8

Model T
Feb. 2004
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"Model T" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G4.0.1     3-G4.0.3     3-E1.0.1     3-E1.0.3     3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.3      4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.5     4-H3.0.6     4-H3.0.9
4-E1.0.1     4-E1.0.5

Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Nov. 2003
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"Northwest Ordinance" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.2     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.9     3-H3.0.10
3-G1.0.2     3-G2.0.2    3-G4.0.2     3-C1.0.1     3-C3.0.2
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.2

Pioneer Life
Dec. 2001
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"Pioneer Life" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.5     3-H3.0.7     3-H3.0.10     3-G4.0.2
3-G5.0.2    3-E1.0.1
4-G4.0.1    4-E1.0.1

Pontiac's Rebellion
February 2005
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"Pontiac's Rebellion" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1 3-H3.0.5 3-H3.0.6 3-H3.0.7 3-H3.0.8 3-H3.0.10
3-G5.0.2

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Oct. 2003
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"La Salle" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1 3-H3.0.2 3-H3.0.3 3-H3.0.5 3-H3.0.6 3-H3.0.7
3-H3.0.8 3-H3.0.10 3G1.0.1 3-G4.0.2 3-G5.0.2

Roosevelt's Tree Army (CCC)
Mar. 2002
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"Roosevelt's Tree Army" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G5.0.2    3-C1.0.1    3-E1.0.3
4-H3.0.1    4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.8     4-H3.0.9     4-G5.0.1
4-E2.0.1     4-C1.0.1     4-C1.0.2

Sojourner Truth
March 2005
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"Sojourner Truth" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.5     3-H3.0.7     3-H3.0.8     3-H3.0.10
3-G4.0.2    3-C5.0.1     3-P3.1.1
4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.7     4-H4.0.9     4-G4.0.1
4-C1.0.1     4-C1.0.2    4-C5.0.1     4-C5.0.2     4-C5.0.4

Soo Locks
Jan. 2004
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"Soo Locks" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.5     3-H3.0.10     3-G1.0.1     3-G4.0.1
3-G5.0.1    3-G5.0.2     3-C1.0.1     3-E1.0.1       3-E1.0.3      3-E1.0.4
3-E1.0.5
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.3     4-H3.0.5     4-H3.0.8      4-H3.0.9      4-G1.0.1
4-G1.0.2    4-G5.0.1    4-E1.0.1      4-E1.0.8      4-C1.0.1      4-C1.0.2

The Three Fires (Native Americans)
Sept. 2001
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"The Three Fires" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1      3-H3.0.2      3-H3.0.4     3-H3.0.5      3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.7
3-H3.0.10    3-G1.0.2     3-G2.0.1     3-G5.0.1    3-G5.0.2

Toledo War
Nov. 2002
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"The Three Fires" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.2     3-H3.0.3     3.H3.0.9     3.H3.0.10     3-G1.0.1
3-G2.0.1    3-G2.0.2     3-C1.0.1
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.9     4-G2.0.2     4-C1.0.1    4-C1.0.2      4-C3.0.2

The Underground Railroad
Spring 2001
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"The Underground Railroad" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.2    3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.7     3-H3.0.8      3-H3.0.10
3-G1.0.1    3-G2.0.2    3-G4.0.2    3-C1.0.1     3-C5.0.1     3-P3.1.1
3-P3.1.3
4-H3.0.2     4-H3.0.4    4-H3.0.7     4-H4.0.9     4-G1.0.1     4-G4.0.1
4-C1.0.1     4-C1.0.2    4-C5.0.1     4-C5.0.2     4-C5.0.4

The War of 1812
Nov. 2001
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"The War of 1812" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-H3.0.1     3-H3.0.2     3-H3.0.3     3-H3.0.6     3-H3.0.8     3-H3.0.10
3-G1.0.1    3-G4.0.2
4-G4.0.2    4-C1.0.2

White Pine Era
Jan. 2003
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"White Pine Era" will assist in teaching the following GLCEs:
3-G1.0.2     3-G4.0.1     3-G4.0.2     3-G5.0.1     3-G5.0.2     3-E1.0.1
3-E1.0.3      3-E1.0.4
4-H3.0.1     4-H3.0.3      4-H3.0.4     4-H3.0.5     4-H3.0.8     4-H3.0.9
4-G1.0.1    4-G5.0.1      4-E1.0.1