Fourth Grade Michigan History Unit
Lesson 12
Title: 1970 – 1980
Grade Level: Fourth
Unit of Study: Michigan History
Unit: 1
Section: 3
Abstract: The students understand the 38th President of the United States was born in
Grand Rapids.
GLCEs:
H3.0.9 Create timelines (using decades after 1930 to sequence and describe
important events in Michigan History.
Key people: Leslie Lynch King, Jr., Richard Nixon
Vocabulary: scholarship, scandal, obstruction, impeach, inflation, credibility, and pardon
Sequence of Activities: Teach or rearrange at your desired pace.
1. Begin with a discussion of the impeachment of Richard Nixon and briefly the
scandal of Watergate.
2. http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/kids/mitten_topics.html
“Gerald R. Ford.”
3. www.unitedsteaming.com – videos of Gerald R. Ford
Instructional Resources:
www.ford.utexas.edu
www.mel.org
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html
http://families.owc.edu/children/social_studies.htm
Calhoun ISD Social Studies Curriculum Design Project