Michael Federspiel

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

Picturing Hemingway's Michigan (Wayne State University Press, 2010)

"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)