MICHIGAN STUDIES

3rd Grade

To Do’s:

Swim in Lake

Michigan

Go to Greenfield

Village

Pick cherries

What’s so special about Michigan?

0 It’s a peninsula!0 The first soda pop in the US was made here!0 The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest in the

world!0 Henry Ford lived here in Dearborn!

The Great Lakes0 HOMES0 Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior0 Fresh water lakes0 6 quadrillion gallons of fresh water0 One fifth of the world’s fresh water

Michigan is rich in culture!

• Arabic culture• Dearborn

• Polish culture•Hamtrack

TRADITIONS

More diversity!

OAfrican AmericansDetroit

Hart Plaza

Hosts diversity events every year!

Michigan Facts!O Abbreviation: MIO Capital: LansingO Largest City: DetroitO Michigan: From the Indian word:

“Meicigama”O Meaning, “Big Sea Wate”O The Great Lakes

•Man standing on a peninsula waving

»Gun in the other hand»Defending

his country

MEANING BEHIND THE FLAGTuebor- “I Will Defend”

“Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice”

'If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You',

State Fish: Brook Trout

State Bird:Robin

State Stone: Petoskey

State Flower: Apple Blossom

FAMOUS MICHIGANDERS!

HENRY FORD! TIM ALLEN!

MALCOM X!TAYLOR LAUTNER

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

IN MICHIGAN NOW!

Jennifer Granholm

Govern

or

Elected in 2002

Re-elected in 2006

MICHIGAN MADE PRODUCTS!

FrankenmuthGerman culture

Activity

ODraw your own version of the Michigan flag

OWhat you think it should look like

OExplain in three sentences