- April 6, 2021
- Christopher Harrington
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1935: United Auto Workers formed and United Rubber Workers Union formed.
Michigan Virtual has partnered with the Michigan History Center to launch the virtual Flint Sit-Down Strike learning experience. Take your students (grades 7-12) on an immersive trip back to the United States’ first major auto industry labor dispute. Using a Problem-Based Learning model, students will analyze primary source documents while learning about a significant moment in Michigan history.
Students learn about labor laws and teenage employment in the 18th and 19th century. They interact with three historical child personas to understand what life looked like for someone their age.
Students get a glimpse into governors’ reactions to labor issues in Michigan and get an introduction to organized labor strikes.
Students see the impact of the Great Depression on manufacturing work in Michigan and the resulting federal and state responses to the relationship between employee and employer.
Students are situated in the center of the Flint Sit-Down Strike.
Tenjeta Calone, 10, picking berries during school day.
The Flint Sit-Down Strike learning experience was made possible through the Archives of Michigan and is the culmination of several years of research and observation about a new direction in history education.
We’re sorry to inform you that we have reached capacity for several of our Semester 1 and Trimester 1 courses. You’ll notice when attempting to enroll students in our Student Learning Portal that some courses are unavailable. While we are no longer accepting new enrollments for these courses at this time, many courses continue to remain open for enrollment.
With many students across the state 100% remote, demand for our online courses is greater than ever before. Because every course we offer is taught by a Michigan-certified teacher, this high volume of enrollments has created capacity issues for our teachers who provide each and every student with individual feedback.
While the Michigan Virtual team anticipated and planned for significant increases in student enrollments this Fall, the increased demand we’ve experienced has been unprecedented. As a result, we are taking steps to hire even more part-and full-time teachers to support larger numbers of student enrollments for Semester 2 as well as for Trimester 2 and 3.
For schools that still need online learning options this year, please fill out the form at the bottom of our virtual pathways page to meet with someone to discuss other solutions. While some of our teacher-led courses are full, we may still have the capacity to help you in upcoming terms or can discuss timing to implement a whole-school or collaborative program in which local teachers from your school/district use our online course content to teach students. We also have free course content and resources available for you to use.
We know this is an incredibly stressful time for all, and we’re sorry if the courses you’re looking for are unavailable. We never want to turn away a student who wants to learn from us. Our top concern, however, is student success, and we have a policy to not take on additional enrollments if we cannot guarantee that all students will have a quality online learning experience.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate the unusually high volume of enrollments we are receiving.
