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Dear LOR user,

Thank you for being a big part of this community. To better support the initiatives around open educational resources in the state of Michigan, all resources on the Michigan Virtual Learning Object Repository (LOR) are being moved to #GoOpen Michigan on September 30th, 2018. During the transition, our LOR will be moved to an archived state, not allowing new user registration or new content to be added. An email with more details was sent to registered users of the LOR in September. To make use of the great resources on the platform, we encourage you to create an account and add your own new resources to the #GoOpen Michigan platform.

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Music Theory/Skills/Composition Unit

Submitted by jchurchville on Sun, 03/11/2018 - 11:09pm.

This unit takes students through fundamental foundations of music creation that is based in both western music notation as well as technology based composition practices. The scope of the unit covers essential musical knowledge used to create music as well as a bevy of online tools used to create, collaborate and publish music. 

Resource Type: 
Unit
Content Area: 
Elective Subjects
Grade: 
1
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5
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Peergrade

Submitted by jgerlach on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 3:24pm.

Peergrade is a platform that allows teachers to create assignments and upload rubrics. Students upload work and are anonymously assigned peer work to review according to the rubric.

Cost: 
Free
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Literacy
Social Studies
Tool Type: 
Website

Newsela

Submitted by ELuckhardt on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 1:27pm.

Newsela takes articles and current events from its partner news sources and modifies them so that students can read them more easily (options for different lexile levels). There also opportunities to assign to students and add questions. 

Cost: 
Freemium
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Literacy
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Tool Type: 
Website

Classcraft

Submitted by ssicilia on Wed, 01/03/2018 - 2:57pm.

Classcraft is a website that teachers can use to "gamify"  their classroom content and behavior expectations. The design of the website is based on concepts from fantasy games and literature with character classes such as mage, healer, and warrior. Students get to choose which type of character they will have and what that character looks like. They are rewarded by their teacher for making progress or demonstrating good behavior with experience points (XP).

Cost: 
Free(mium)
Content Area: 
Elective Subjects
Language Arts
Literacy
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Other
Tool Type: 
App
Website

Dendrology

Submitted by tautolos on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 7:06pm.

Students in Horticulture science have the opportunity to become certified florists by testing at MSU in April. Students are tested on a general knowledge test, plant identification, and hands on portion. This lesson outlines the three areas, practicing the hands on skills, general knowledge and the dendrology.

Resource Type: 
Lesson
Content Area: 
Other
Grade: 
10

Introduction to AP Seminar Writing

Submitted by avanvalkenburgh on Mon, 08/21/2017 - 10:33am.

This is the first unit of the school year. It is for the first course in the AP Capstone program, AP Seminar. This class is designed to engage student in the research process, specifically to provide them with the skills necessary to navigate source material and compose argumentative writing and presentations. This unit's theme is Identity. 

Resource Type: 
Unit
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Grade: 
10

Author Skype

Submitted by sprapotnik on Sat, 08/19/2017 - 12:37am.

Students in a 10th grade ELA classroom, will use Skype to connect with an author of a book they have all ready read.

Resource Type: 
Lesson
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Grade: 
10

Diversity in Desires

Submitted by Hurleyt on Tue, 08/15/2017 - 4:11pm.

              Learning looks like students engaged in something that interests them. It looks like a variety of things going all over the classroom. Perhaps it’s an art project in one part of the room, video editing in another, and some students cutting up magazines for a collage on another. Controlled chaos is the best environment for learning.

Resource Type: 
Unit
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Grade: 
10

Collaborative Editorials

Submitted by adamknappx on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 4:36pm.

The goal of this assignment is for students to write an editorial, either by themselves or with a partner. This topic will be something they are interested in or passionate about and hold a particular opinion that they wish to share with others. The learning cycle will focus on students exploring topics and finding one they hold an opinion about.

Resource Type: 
Lesson
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Grade: 
6
7
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Was the Spartan Education System Beneficial?

Submitted by rebecca.fazio on Mon, 07/24/2017 - 6:25pm.

This unit follows a general introduction of Athens and Sparta including historical context, geographical location, demographics, etc. This unit will begin with teaching about the people of Athens and Sparta and the competition between the two. Students will learn about the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian Wars, focusing on the involvement of Athens and Sparta.

Resource Type: 
Lesson
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Grade: 
7
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