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Promises And Compromises: A Historical Inquiry For Middle School Students On Swedish Immigration, Michael Scarlett Jul 2022

Promises And Compromises: A Historical Inquiry For Middle School Students On Swedish Immigration, Michael Scarlett

Education: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This curriculum unit was designed using the C3 Framework, a model developed by the National Council for the Social Studies. The inquiry was written for students in the middle grades to learn more about the history of Swedish immigration to the Midwest region of the United States. It engages students with primary historical sources such as letters, images, government documents, poetry, and advertisements to explore this topic.


Moving From Courses To A Curriculum, Dr. Michael Scarlett Jan 2015

Moving From Courses To A Curriculum, Dr. Michael Scarlett

Education: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This short newsletter article describes ways academic programs can make their courses more meaningful by connecting them with common essential questions, intentionally planning common readings and by making explicit the ways courses fit together in the program.