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Mike Federspiel
specializes in History Education. His related experience
includes eighteen years as a middle and high school
history teacher and sixteen years as a K-12 social studies
administrator and curriculum specialist. He serves on
numerous Michigan Department of Education social studies
committees including those related to the MEAP test.
Currently he also is a steering committee member for the
new Social Studies Michigan Merit Exam. From 1997-2002
he worked for the Library of Congress as a trainer
helping teachers design lessons using electronic primary
documents. Additionally he participated in a NEH grant
that developed “Picturing Modern America,” a website
teaching teachers how to use documents with students. In
2003 he was recognized as a Transatlantic Fellow by
Germany’s Goethe Institut and in 1999 he received the
Michigan Council for the Social Studies “Outstanding
Social Studies Educator Award.”
Recent Publications
"Focus on the Questions in High School," in
Uncovering Our History: Teaching with Primary Sources,
ed. Susan Veccia (American Library Association, 2003).
Picturing Prairie Life. Center for Children and
Technology / Educational Development Center. (http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA/prairie/index.html)
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