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michigan History (Web
Links and Suggested Teacher Resource Materials) Organizations
sponsoring several of the sites below offer curriculum materials that can be
downloaded or ordered for a nominal cost.
Materials of note are listed with their source. Looking for links concerning Michigan
inventors, entrepreneurs and businesses?
Go to the Business
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Some of the documents
on this page are in PDF format which allows access across a broad range of
hardware and operating systems. Click
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Economic Connections
with Michigan History (PDF). Download this document
from Economic Connections, which suggests economic connections to events in
Michigan History. Detroit Historical Museum.
Check out the online exhibits such as Doorway to Freedom which features
the people and places in Detroit connected to the Underground Railroad. This site has an impressive list
of free and low-cost educational materials. For example: o Glimpses of Michigan’s Past (Series One). A series of ten full-color posters and a curriculum guide designed
specifically to help Michigan teachers address the state social studies
standards that include maps, depictions of artifacts, and historic
photographs on these ten topics: The First People, The Fur Trade, The
Underground Railroad, The Shipbuilders, The Native American Relocation, The
Industrial Age, The Early Motor City, The Rumrunners, The Tuskegee Airmen and
The Modern Motor City. Grades 4-12. o
Land,
Lives and Legends: People of the Three Fires.
The Detroit Historical Museum, in partnership with the Detroit
Newspapers in Education Program and Ford Motor Company offers a full-color
poster, a student section, and a special teachers guide chronicling
the storytelling tradition of the Native Americans who lived and traveled
through the Detroit area. Originally produced in collaboration with the
Detroit Historical Museum for the Detroit 300 celebration. Free to schools with four deliveries of
the Detroit Free Press. o Motor
City and You. A video with two 4-minute video clips
provide footage of Detroit’s auto industry in the early 20th
century and the industry’s impact on the city and surrounding area throughout
the century. A teacher guide is a
free download. o
Telling Detroit's Story. The Detroit 300 Curriculum Guide contains over
35 lessons for grades K-12 that focus on Detroit's past utilizing primary
sources and active and interactive approaches to learning. Produced by
Detroit 300 for the tricentenial, this curriculum resource celebrates all of
Detroit's people. Available as a free
download. The Detroit News: Rearview
Mirror. A wealth of articles and photos reflecting
the history of Detroit and Michigan.
Pay special attention to section on businesses and industry but the
economics connections can be found throughout this site. The
Detroit Publishing Company. A collection of photographs take
from 1895 to 1924 that show everyday life, workplaces and more in the city of
Detroit, the state of Michigan as well as other locales. Detroit River: A
National Heritage. A brief introduction to the
rivers important contributions to the Greater Detroit Area and the Great
Lakes Region. Empire
Builders: How Michigan Entrepreneurs Helped Make America Great. Essays and audio from The Mackinac
Center book of the same title tell the stories of Will Kellogg, Herbert Dow,
Henry Ford and other Michigan entrepreneurs. Free enterprise is promoted. The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit.
Photographs of Detroit buildings and landmarks. The Seven Sisters Power plant and many
automotive-related structures are included. The Great
Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and
Resource Book.
An overview of the Great Lakes’ history, economy, people, geography,
ecosystem, management and future. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
Of special note are the SmartFun Online interactive
activities that show students what it was like to take a Model T road trip,
live on a colonial farm in Connecticut, and on a plantation in Georgia. Kids
Stuff: Michigan Historical Center. You may have to
do some digging to find what you are looking but this site has an interesting
collection of kid pages and activities covering the early industries in
Michigan: agriculture, iron, lumber, and autos. Links are organized by
historical periods from settlement through the sixties. Mammoth Michigan List of
Links. Though a bit overwhelming,
this site may be the place to go when you can find something anywhere else. Information is organized by categories
such as businesses, cities, employment, and government. Michigan EPIC. Documents and resources for
teaching Michigan and U.S. history connected to the Michigan standards and
benchmarks from the MI Dept. of Education. Michigan.gov. The
official Michigan web site with information on education, employment,
business, recreation, travel and more. Michigan
Economic Development Corporation. This pro-Michigan business
site includes facts and statistics on the state’s economy, labor force, maps,
and census data. Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Information on the state’s natural resources, parks and recreational
opportunities. o
Great State,
Great Parks, Great History This free curriculum
guide distributed to Michigan 4th grade teachers contains hundreds
of activities and suggested resource materials introduce Michigan State
Parks. Designed specifically for a
Michigan history program, many of the lessons address economic themes
including among others the use of resources, economic development, trade, and
the production process. Michigan’s
Yesterdays. Created by
4th grade teacher Jim Alvara, use this site to search for facts
and historical events related to Michigan, share lesson ideas for teaching
Michigan History and follow to other online resources. The
Michigan Historical Museum offers online exhibits covering
many historical events with an economic connection. Visit First
People to 1900 for photos and background on the state’s first people,
farming, factories, lumbering and mining.
Exhibits on the 20th
Century covers the Great Depression, the Arsenal of Democracy, more on
farms and factories, etc. Michigan Kids. A web
page for younger students offering a diverse collection of photos and text
examining Michigan industry and home life past and present. Public Museum of Grand
Rapids. Notable pages on this site are the Furniture
City Mural depicting
the history of furniture making and social change in Western Michigan, a
brief history of Grand
Rapids furniture makers and Grand Rapids Cleans Up: A History of
Housekeeping River Road Publications. Order this company’s free catalog listing a multitude
of resources for teaching Michigan and Great Lakes history. A notable curriculum guide is: o Michigan Themes: Resources to Riches (Volume II). Twenty-nine reproducible masters connect economics with geography and Michigan history. Among the worksheet themes are the fur trade, lumbering, farming, mining, the railroads, shipping, manufacturing, and tourism. Grades 4-6 A Short
History of Copper Mining. A summary of
this important northern Michigan industry. White Oak Fur Post. Though
based on a trade post in Minnesota, the information certainly pertains to early
Michigan’s fur industry as well. The Online Learning
Centre provides background information on the beaver, beaver hats, women
in the fur trade, canoes, the trading post and other fur-trade topics. |
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