Michigan History

Task #1 Michigan Becoming a State:

1. Read http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mitten_toledo-war.pdf

2. Add "Michigan became a state - 1837" to your timeline

3. Write a diary entry using the following prompt: Pretend your family lived in Michigan as it was fighting to become a state. How did the fight for statehood affect your family?

4. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/NcfJl3u9o6W18o5z2

 

Task #2: Migration and Immigration

1. Watch this video: 

2. Read the section labeled "population composition" under People: https://www.britannica.com/place/Michigan

3. Complete the migration and immigration slide by listing places that most immigrants traveled from.

4. Write a diary entry using the following prompt: Write a diary entry pretending your family is traveling to Michigan from New York. How did you feel? What were your thoughts? 

5. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/2hJ5bwdpmtoj392m2

 

Task #3 Natural Resources:

1.  Read all about Michigan's natural resources here:

• http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mitten_white-pine.pdf
• http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mitten_copper.pdf
• http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mitten_iron-ore.pdf
• http://www.michigan.gov/kids/0,1607,7-247-49069-56001--,00.html#resources

2. Complete the cause and effect slide. For example, one cause is that Michigan was covered in trees and the effect of that was that lumbering quickly became a huge source of jobs and income for Michigan.

3. Complete the lumbering page of the researching economics slides.

4. Research Michigan's economics at the following site - http://www.michigan.gov/kids/0,1607,7-247-49069-56001--,00.html#industry

5. Complete the remaining researching economics slides - manufacturing, agriculture, mining

6. Add the following years to your timeline:

• The year that copper was discovered in Michigan
• The year that iron ore was discovered in the upper peninsula
• The starting year that Michigan was the leading lumber producing state

7. Look at the picture located at the following link and then cite the picture and place it in the primary or secondary slide ... which one does it belong to? https://michpics.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/logging-michigans-white-pines/

8. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/8szITVR0qeUB1dYe2

 

Task #4 Slavery and the Civil War: 

1. Work through the journey of escaping slavery here: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/

2. Listen to Henry's Freedom Box being read below. Afterward, cite the book and place it in either the primary or secondary slide, whichever one you decide it belongs in. Below is the information needed to cite the book:

• Author - Ellen Levine
• Title - Henry's Freedom Box
• City of Publication - New York
• Publisher and Date - Scholastic Press, 2007

3. Read the following article: http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mitten_underground-railroad.pdf

4. (This step is optional) Watch a movie about Harriet Tubman here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT8e_MuQmPo

5. Complete the underground railroad slide.

6. Complete a diary entry responding to the following prompt: Write about hiding an escaped slave in your home, OR write as a slave and traveling to freedom.

7. Navigate to the following websites and click around to read more about areas of the Civil War that interest you:  

• http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war.php
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3lKABmSC0A&list=PL-2OIeiYqyKvTsSfWI4BTzsCM62cZJGQj
• https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/american-civil-war/

8. Add the starting year of the Civil War to your timeline.

9. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/W5w8k6dhgGA27HI72

 

Task #5 Automobiles: 

1. Watch the following video about the Model T assembly line:

2. Complete the "then" side of the "then and now" slide about things you learned. What was the assembly line like then? What were the cars like? 

3. Watch the following video about a present day assembly line:

4. Complete the "now" side of the "then and now" slide about things you learned. What was the assembly line like? What were the cars like? 

5. Read and discuss this article about the Model T: http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mitten_model-t.pdf

6. Add the the year that Ford started the assembly line on your timeline. 

7. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/I33VyUVR6ka0pYmy2

 

Task #6 Tourism: 

1. Navigate to the following website and write down tourism ideas in Michigan on the tourism slide. As you research the different activities, make sure you're thinking about all four of our seasons. Click here - https://www.michigan.org/things-to-do

2. Watch the following video about a Michigan tourist spot: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubpcGtozklY

3. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/DcSxn9X2PggxJ1rD2

 

Task #7 World War I:

1. Browse the following website to learn about Michigan's involvement in World War I: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/michigan-in-ww1-home-page.html

2. Add the year WWI started on your timeline. 

3. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/uihm3bAPf5ZboIoA2

 

Task #8 World War II: 

1. Watch the following video about WW2: 

2. Add the year WW2 started to your timeline.

3. Click on the following website to learn more about WW2: https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/world-war-ii/

4. Click on the following link to read about Michigan's involvement in WW2: http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/05/michigan_honors_10_facts_about.html

5. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/jYAGgJFKndREfCrr2

 

Task #9 Civil Rights: 

1. Watch the following video to learn about the Civil Rights Movement: 

2. Learn more about the Civil Rights Movement by clicking around on this website: http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/

3. Learn about key people in the Civil Rights Movement here: http://www.historyforkids.net/civil-rights.html

4. Watch the following video about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr below. Afterward, cite the book and place it in either the primary or secondary slide, whichever one you decide it belongs in. Below is the information needed to cite the book:

• Author - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Title - I Have a Dream
• City of Publication - unknown
• Publisher and Date - Schwartz & Wade, 2012

5. Add the year that the Civil Rights Movement began. (The decade)

6. Complete the exit ticket by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/4culqHIfDBh1nZP32

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