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Check out the new <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/michmemoriesclassroomresources/home" title="https://sites.google.com/view/michmemoriesclassroomresources/home">
Michigan Memories Classroom Resources</a> website!</div>
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The site offers lesson plans and other teaching tools drawing on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">primary source material from cultural heritage organizations right here in Michigan! There are already
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<div style=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Explore </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">digital</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> collections from organizations around the state or contact Richard Adler
(rcadler@umich.edu) if you're interested in contributing your digital collections to
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<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>Discover digital collections from cultural institutions throughout the state at </b></i></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b><a href="https://michmemories.org/" title="https://michmemories.org/"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Michigan
Memories</span></a></b></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>!</b></i></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>Find out more about preserving Michigan's digital cultural heritage through
</b></i></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b><a href="http://mipres.org/" title="http://mipres.org/"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Michigan Digital Preservation Network</span></a></b></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>!</b></i></span></span></p>
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