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Chapter 6Teacher NotesMichigan Today and Tomorrow

Chapter 6 Lesson 1

Ideas To Exploreethnic group (eth nik) - These are people who once

lived together in another land. They have the sameancestors. In the past, they spoke the same lan-guage and had the same customs. (264)

heritage (HAIR uh tij) - This is the history of a group ofpeople. It includes foods and language. It includesthe old ways of doing things. It includes the oldcustoms and festivals. (266)

Cities To ConsiderBenton Harbor (270)Cassopolis (kass AH pul us) (270)

People To Meetancestors (ann ces terz) - relatives from long ago (268)

Places To DiscoverGermany (jer man ee) - a country in Europe (268)

Words to WelcomeGreat Migration (my gray shun) - a time when people

from the South came here to find better jobs (270)

migrated (my grate id) - moved to a new place to start ahome (267)

Pow Wow - This is a special get-together or meeting ofNative Americans. Pow Wows have dancing, sing-ing and eating. (265)

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Words to Welcome

Note:If your school split the teach-ing of Michigan between 3rdand 4th grades, now is theplace to continue 3rd gradeinstruction. Many of the 3rdgrade GLCEs connect withcurrent events such as GLCE3G4.0.3 current movements ofgoods, people, etc. and 3G4.0.4Native Americans today.

The main themes of this lessonare 4H3.0.2 migration andimmigration affecting growthof Michigan &3G4.0.2 groups who came hereand why

Students may learn moreabout their ancestors and whythey came to Michigan.

This lesson covers abouthalf of the major groupsto establish themselves inMichigan and the nextlesson covers the rest.

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Michigan’s People - Who Are We?

Think about this question while you read.Why did people from so many places

move to Michigan?

It is exciting to learn about people.Michigan is home to people from manyplaces.

Finding the home country of every-one is like a geography game. It will takeyou around the world. You may discoverplaces that are new to you.

Having people from so many places is anadvantage for Michigan. Why is this? We canlearn so much from each other. We can learn aboutnew foods. We can learn new games. We can findout new ways of doing things. We can share ourholidays. We are ALL part of the Michigan family!

The Warm Up

Before starting this lesson,ask students to find outwhen their family firstmoved to Michigan.

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First, this was the land of the Native Americans.Today, Michigan has many groups of people. Theycame at many times and from many places. We callthem ethnic groups.

What About You?Before your family came to Michigan, where

did they live? Everyone moved here sometime. Inwhich part of the world did your family first live?Did they move to the United States a long time ago?Maybe they just arrived.

The Native Americans- The First PeopleWho were the first people to live in Michigan?

They were the Native Americans. They still livehere. They did not disappear long ago. They werenot all forced to move away. Today, they live and

German -23 people

British -12 people14 people

Irish -12 people

Polish -8 people

French -6 people

Dutch -5 people

Italian -4 people

Hispanic -3 people

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This graph gives anaverage of what 100people would sayabout their ancestors.

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Get Into the Act!You and Your Ancestors

Survey students in yourclass about the homecountries of their ances-tors.

There are two PDFs on theteacher CD to help withthis. One is a question-naire and the other is atally sheet for the wholeclass.

Have the students plan away to display on a chartthe information theygathered.

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work much as everyone else. They maybe teachers, computer programmers orhome builders. If you sat next to a NativeAmerican at a ball game, you might notknow it. They may look much like anyother person.

Native Americans do wear specialclothes and headdresses for Pow Wows. Theydo this to help keep their history alive. They do thedances just as they did long ago. Some may beat ondrums and others sing their old songs. Some learnto speak their native languages. They do this sotheir culture will not be forgotten.

Meet Some Native AmericansMeet Christine and Dakota. They live

in Petoskey. They each enjoy doing NativeAmerican dances for Pow Wows. A PowWow is a special event. It is a time to renewthe spirit of the tribe. It is a time to helpkeep their culture alive. A Pow Wow is alarge meeting of many families. It hassacred ceremonies, dances, songs and food.In some ways it is like a family reunion.

At a Pow Wow each dance has aspecial meaning. Christine does a woman’sdance. It is called the Southern Women’sTraditional Dance. This dance representsthe heartbeat of the Native Americanculture. The shawl Christine wears standsfor the warmth women have for the young.It stands for the caring they give to theelders (the oldest adults).

Thank you Christineand Dakota!

A Native American girl

Here are two web sites withinformation about Pow Wows

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdcr/Powwowschedule2-14-08_225003_7.pdf

http://minativearts.net/links.html

3G4.0.4 Native Americanstoday

Here is a web site for teacherreference on Native Americanhistory that focuses onWashtenaw County.

http://www.artsofcitizenship.umich.edu/sos/topics/native/

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Dakota does the grass dance. These dancers arethe first at the meeting ground. They stamp downthe long grass so it will be easier for the rest of thetribe. These dancers sway to imitate the long grassblowing in the wind.

All male dancers wear a headdress.These are made of things from animalsand birds. Horsehair, porcupine quillsand feathers may be used. There aredifferent styles for each dance. The head-dress is worn to honor animals andbirds.

Native Americans have strong feelings foranimals and birds. They have a tie with them. Thistie goes back to the time of creation. The animalsand birds are thought of as “brothers.” They arehonored whenever possible. This may be donethrough dances and art. Animal and bird designsare often seen in Native American art.

Shirley BraukerMeet Shirley Brauker. She shares

two cultures. Her mother is Odawa.Her father is German. Shirley lives inColdwater with her husband. She hasher own business there. It is calledMoon Bear Pottery. Shirley is an artistwho makes things from clay. She alsoteaches children. She tells them aboutNative American art and heritage.

The eagle isimportant tomany NativeAmericans.

Shirley Brauker and one of her creations.


FYIEagle feathers are consideredvery sacred by Native Ameri-cans. People should be carefulnot to touch them. Some tribalelders believe young dancersshould not include eagle feath-ers in their costumes unlessthey are mature enough to fullyunderstand their significance.

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Shirley thinks about her heritage as she works.Her pots have Native American designs. She oftenwrites stories for each piece. The stories tell whatthe art means. She has won many awards for herwork.

Where will you find Native Americans inMichigan? Where do they live? Each county has

some, but Wayne County hasthe most. This is true for a

number of groups since thatcounty has the most people.Chippewa County isanother with many NativeAmericans.

The French from the Fur Trading DaysThe French began coming here in the 1600s.

They started some of Michigan’s first towns. Theycame to trade furs with the Native Americans.The need for furs pulled the French here. Overthe years, jobs connected to natural resourcesbrought many groups to Michigan.

The French also wanted spices and silk. Thesethings were scarce in France. They did not findspices and silk here, but they knew China had them.They explored the Great Lakes looking for a way toreach China. They did not know it was so far away.

Later, more French migrated, or moved here.This was mostly during the logging days. Again,

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they came because of one of our great naturalresources, the trees. They got jobs cutting downtrees. They helped lumber towns like Bay City,Saginaw and Muskegon grow.

People from ItalyA few people from Italy came long ago. They

came with the first French. Alphonse de Tonty wasfrom Italy. He came to Detroit in 1701 with Cadillac.Later, Anne, his wife, joined him. Their daughterwas the first European born in Detroit.

More Italians came here later. That wasin the 1870s. They also moved here for jobsrelated to natural resources. They oftenwent to the Upper Peninsula. Theyworked in the mines. They helped

supply the human resourcesneeded for the mines. They

came to find a better life. InItaly there were few good jobs. Thelack of good jobs in Italy pushedpeople away.

The Germans- Michigan’s Largest Group Many people here have ancestors from

Germany. Germans are the largest ethnicgroup in Michigan. The first families came

in the 1830s. They moved to Ann Arbor.They started the towns of Frankenmuth and

Westphalia. They also moved to the land along theSaginaw River.

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A German newspaper from1881 printed in Ann Arbor.

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Why did the Germans leave home? They hadtwo reasons. Both pushed them away. Their cropsfailed and they had political problems. In Michiganthey often started farms. Later, they worked infactories. Walter Reuther was a famous labor leader.He had German ancestors.

Those With African Ancestors- 2ndLargest Group Here

Africa is a continent. It has manycountries. It is a very large land. Africansdo not all have the same customs orreligion.

A few people with Africanancestors came with the French.Remember Jean de Sable? Hismother’s family came from Africa.Most people from Africa did notcome here until later.

Seeking FreedomMany people from Africa were taken by force.

They were made slaves. Some of those slaves wereshipped to the states in the south. Slaves had nofreedom. They had no rights.

They ran away, even though doing so wasdangerous. They might be beaten or killed if theywere caught! The thought of freedom pulled themaway. They could be free in Canada. They oftenused the Underground Railroad. This was a secretway of helping escaped slaves between 1830 and

AFRICA

A man fromCameroon in Africa

Slaves did not have anyrights. They weredenied core democraticvalues.

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1860. On their way, some stopped here andstayed. Some started farms. Benton Harborand Cassopolis soon had many AfricanAmericans.

The Great MigrationThe South lost the Civil War in 1865. This

ended slavery in our nation. Still, life was hard forAfrican Americans in those states. Many worked onsmall farms and earned little money. They wanted abetter life, but how? About 1914 they heard of jobsmaking cars in Michigan. They heard Henry Fordwould pay five dollars a day! That was big moneythen. They left the farms in the southern states.They moved here to make cars and trucks. Somany people moved north, it was called The GreatMigration.

Leaders In MichiganWe have many African Americans who are

leaders in our state. They may be teachers. Someown businesses. Others are lawyers. You may findthem as lawmakers or judges. Several have becomemayors.

Dennis ArcherIt takes hard work to become a leader. Ask

Dennis Archer. He knows. When he was a boy, heworked wherever he could. He washed dishes. Heswept floors. Over the years, his jobs have reallychanged! He was a teacher and then a lawyer. He wasalso a justice on Michigan’s State Supreme Court.

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Rosa Parks(1913-2005)became famousfor not giving upher seat on abus. That was inAlabama. In 1957she moved toDetroit.

Picture by GeorgeRasmussen.

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4H3.0.9 timelines after 1930(The Great Migration wasstill taking place in the 1940sand 1950s.)

Options for Lesson 1

Native AmericanPow Wow Mobile(Worksheet)

You and Your AncestorsSurvey (Get Into the Act!)page 264

Here is a good teacher refer-ence on Rosa Parks.It includes photoshttp://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

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Dennis Archer also wanted to help hiscity- Detroit. He ran for the office of mayor.He won the election and was the mayor ofDetroit from 1994 to 2001. He did well.Newsweek magazine honored him. It said hewas one of the “25 Most Dynamic Mayors inAmerica.”

Today, Dennis Archer leads a largelaw firm in Detroit. For a time he was thepresident of the largest association of lawyersin our country. That was a great honor. Peoplewonder if Mr. Archer may run for governorsome day.

Think About It. Write About It!1. Name the first two European groups to come to Michigan. What wassomething they were looking to find? 3G4.0.2 (p 267)

The first Europeans to come to Michigan were the French and the Italians.They were looking for a way to reach China, to trade furs and to share their reli-gion

2. What is the largest ethnic group living in Michigan? 3G4.0.2 (p 268) theGermans

3. If a person migrates, what is he or she doing? 3G4.0.3 (p 267-268) movingfrom one place to another

4. Which group often passed through Michigan on their way to Canada?Why were they going to Canada? 3G4.0.2, 4H3.0.2 (p 269)

Many African Americans passed through Michigan on their way to Canada.They had been taken by force and made slaves. They went to Canada becausethere they would be free.

5. What was the Great Migration? About when did it start? What pulled thosepeople to Michigan? 3G4.0.2, 4H3.0.2 (p 270)

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The Great Migration was when a number of people moved to the North for abetter life-style. Many of these people were poor farmers from states in the South.The Great Migration started about 1914. People were pulled to Michigan becausethey had heard of jobs making cars and about Henry Ford’s $5.00 a day wages.

Words in ActionTell what Native Americans may do today to keep their culture and heritagealive. Tell what you might see at one of these special events. 3G4.0.4 (p 265-267)

Native Americans have Pow Wows to help keep their culture and heritage alive.If I went to a Pow Wow, I would see people using drums and singing NativeAmerican songs. I would see people dancing and eating Native American foods.Some Native Americans also learn their native languages to help keep theirculture and heritage alive.

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Name __________________________________________ Date __________________________

YOUR ANCESTORS AND YOU!

1. If your ancestors were not Native Americans, where did they live before they

moved to the United States? ______________________________________

When did they come? ___________________________________________

2. What language is spoken there? ___________________________________

3. Do you or anyone in your family still speak the language? ______________

4. Do you still have relatives in that country? __________________________

5. Did one of your ancestors do something special, like write a book, invent

something, or have an unusual job? ________________________________

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6. Does your family have something that belonged to your ancestors, such as a

Bible, clothes, furniture, or dishes? ________________________________

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7. What customs did your family keep from your ancestors? These might be

foods, holiday customs, or beliefs. ________________________________

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Chapter 6 Lesson 2

Cities To ConsiderBronson (274)Frankenmuth (fraynk in mooth) (275)Hamtramck (ham TRAM ik) (274)Hancock (279) Holland [the city] (275)Houghton (HO tun) (279)Iron Mountain (278) Iron River (278)Ishpeming (ISH pa ming) (278)Posen (POES in) (274)Southfield (279) Zeeland (ZEE lund) (275)

People To MeetArab Americans (279) Dutch (275)Hispanic (hiss pan ik) (276) Jewish (jew ish) (281)

Places To DiscoverFinland (278)Holland (the country) (275)Iraq (I RACK) (279)Irish Hills (273)Jordan (279)Mexico (MEX eh co) (276)Saudi Arabia (SAW de • ah RAY bee ah) (279)Sweden (SWEE den) (277)

Words to Welcomearchitect (ARK ih tekt) (282)Muslim (MUZ lem) (279)Nobel Prize (no BEL) (278)seaport (see port) (280)

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Words to Welcome

This is a continuation from thelast lesson. The main themesare 4H3.0.2 migration andimmigration affecting growthof Michigan &3G4.0.2 groups who came hereand why &3G4.0.3 current movements ofgoods, people, etc.

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More People Move to Michigan

Think about this question while you read.What caused people to leave their home countriesand move to Michigan?

People from Britain- 3rd Largest Group Here The British are also called the English. This

group is the third largest group in Michigan.

There were many British in the first 13 stateswhen our nation began. They left their mark onour country. Today, we speak their language. Ourlaws are based on British ideas. Most of the Britishstarted coming here about the time we became astate. That was in the 1830s. The Erie Canal helpedmake this possible.

The Irish- 4th largest Group HereThe year 1845 was a bad one in Ireland. That is

when disease killed their potato crop. The Irish hadvery little to eat. The crop failure pushed themaway. Many of them left their country.

Often the Irish made their new homes inDetroit. They helped that city grow. Many Irish alsosettled along U.S. 12. This area is now called “TheIrish Hills.”

Some Irish have been famous. One is HenryFord. Henry’s father was a poor Irish farmer. Hisname was William Ford. He came here in 1847.Henry became one of the richest people in theUnited States. Great things are possible here!

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If your community has one ormore ethnic festivals, talkabout them. Ask students ifthey have been to one. Whatdid they see and learn?

For more information onethnic festivals in Michiganweb site:http://festivalsandevents.com/festival.php?state=MI

3G4.0.2 groups who camehere and why

The Irish potato famine is agood example of how eventsin other places affectedMichigan.

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Frank Murphy also had Irish ancestors. Hewas one of our state governors in the 1930s. Later,he was on the United States Supreme Court.

The Polish- 5th Largest Group Here. Poland is a country in Europe. Food was

sometimes scarce there. At times, other countriesattacked Poland. This made life difficult. SomePolish people wanted a safer place for their families.They came to the United States and to Michigan.

A few Polish people havebeen here since the earlytimes. The Godek family washere in 1762. They lived inDetroit. Most came muchlater.

In Michigan they oftenstarted farms. It was thework they knew best. Theymoved to small towns likeBronson and Posen. Bronsonhas a Polish festival each

summer. Festivals like this are a way to keep theirheritage alive. People get together and eat Polishfood and do Polish dances.

Later, Polish people went to work in the carfactories. They moved into towns like Hamtramckand helped it grow. They worked in the nearbyDodge factory.

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The country of Poland is a part of EuropeThe country of Poland is a part of Europe.

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3G5.0.2 adapting toand using naturalresources-Newcomers used theland to start farmsbecause this was some-thing they knew howto do.

ThreecitieswithmanyPolishpeople.

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The Dutch & Freedom of Religion What if the government told churches what

they could do and not do? That is what took placein the country of Holland long ago. This may soundstrange to us now. Long ago, governments oftencontrolled churches.

Some people in Hollanddid not like this. They could notchange the government, so theyleft. Some of them reachedMichigan in 1847. They starteda new town. They named itHolland after their country.Grand Rapids also has manypeople with Dutch ancestors. Sodoes Zeeland. Dutch is anothername for people from Holland. TheDutch came here to find freedomof religion.

Who are some people inMichigan with Dutch ancestors?Walter Chrysler is one. He starteda car company in the 1920s. Hecreated many jobs for our workers.The Meijer family came fromHolland. They own the Meijerstores and built Meijer Gardens.Richard DeVos and Jay Van Andelare also famous. They started theAmway company.

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The people ofHolland areknown for growingtulips and for thewindmills theyonce used.

Core Democratic Values

What does Zeeland mean?It means “sea-land.” It is thename of a province in theNetherlands along the NorthSea.

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The Hispanic - A Group That Is GrowingThis is a large group. It has people from many

countries. Mexico is one of them. Mexico is thecountry just south of the United States. Most Hispanicpeople who live in Michigan came from Mexico.

At first, there were few Hispanic peoplehere. As our state grew, it had more farms.Those farms needed helpers for the harvests.Farmers with fruit and vegetables neededmany hands to pick the food. People fromMexico began to visit Michigan and helppick the crops. If you have ever tried it, youknow picking crops is hard work.

By the 1920s, thousands of Hispanicworkers helped with our harvests. Somebrought their families and stayed. As theyears passed, they found better jobs.

Miguel “Mike” Navarro In 1948, Miguel Navarro worked in the celery

fields. He earned just 60 cents an hour. His wife,Isabel, worked beside him.

It took several years to find a good job. Hewanted to start his own company. In 1977, Mr.Navarro bought a building. He made tortillas andtaco chips. He sold these to Mexican restaurants.The business became very successful.

Miguel and Isabel are quick to encourage otherHispanics. He says, “Life, it’s been a struggle, butthere is no day that passes by that I don’t thank theLord. Thank him for the little bit that I have.”

The flag of Mexico

Some of the first Hispanicpeople in Michigan camehere to help pick crops.

Photo fromthe Archivesof Michigan.

Teachers:Be sensitive to yourstudents. Some preferto be called Latinorather than Hispanicand others may wishto be known asMexican. We usedHispanic herebecause it is anofficial U.S. Censusdesignation.

3H3.0.3 causalrelationships

3G4.0.3 current move-ments of goods,people, etc. (Hispanicand Latino peopleare still moving toMichigan.)

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Tony and Carmen BenavidesThe Benavides family left Mexico

in 1952. They came to Lansing. Theparents set goals for their children.They must be honest, work hard and have respectfor others. They must have pride in themselves.They need to be a part of the community.

Tony was one of those children. He workedhard and studied hard. He harvested crops. He alsoworked in a grocery store to earn more money. Hecompleted high school and college.

He was in charge of a community center formany years. He also served on the city council. Hewas elected the mayor of Lansing. That was in 2003.When he was mayor, he had a goal. His goal was tomake Lansing a “Family Friendly City.”

His wife Carmen also worked very hard. Shewent to college and became a teacher. Later, she wasa school principal. Besides this, she was a motherwith four children.

People from Sweden - At Work In Forests and MinesPeople from Sweden started to come to

Michigan in the 1860s. They liked living in theUpper Peninsula. It was like their own country inmany ways. It had many trees and lakes. It hadmuch snow in the winter. They began to work inour mines and lumber camps.

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Hispanic leadersurge young people todo well in school.They want them toachieve all they canin life!

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Carmen BenavidesTony Benavides

This would be a good timeto talk about well-knownindividuals in yourcommunity with variousethnic backgrounds.

On the next page the NobelPrize is mentioned. Thereare six Nobel Prizes. Eachawarded at a different timeof the year. The first NobelPrize was awarded in 1901.There are thousands ofnominees every year. Formore information visit:http://nobelprize.org.

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The scarcity of trees and copper in other placesprovided jobs here. The Swedish moved to townslike Ishpeming, Iron River and Iron Mountain.They helped these cities to grow. Many Swedes stilllive there.

People in Ishpeming are proud of GlennSeaborg. He became famous. Glenn worked as ascientist and won a Nobel Prize in 1951. He got thisprize for his work to help understand the atom.

Which Michigan governorserved the most years? It wasWilliam Milliken. He was ourgovernor for 14 years. His familyalso came from Sweden.

People from Finland The people from Finland

also came to the U.P. They begancoming in the 1860s. The copperand iron mines gave them jobs. They also worked inthe logging camps. Once again, work with naturalresources pulled people to our state. They helped

Glenn Seaborgat work in 1942.Photos fromLawrence BerkelyLaboratory.

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Get Into the ActYour Family Is Moving toMichigan

Pick 4 or 5 students to pretendto be a family from the early1900’s and do a 5 minute dia-log of the family talking aboutmoving to Michigan. Thisfamily lives in another country.Have the students do someresearch along the lines of whattheir character might talk aboutas he or she decides to move toMichigan. Your students maywrite their own questions oruse the ones listed below.

They may talk about thereasons they want to leave theirhome country. Be sure they tellwhere they are living.

Why do they want to come toMichigan?

They may wonder whereMichigan is located.

They may wonder if there willbe other people in Michiganwho will still speak theirlanguage. How will people inMichigan understand themwhen they speak their ownlanguage?

They may wonder how theyare going to reach Michiganand how much it will cost.

They may wonder if they willever be able to return to visitrelatives and old friends.

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cities like Hancock and Houghton grow. Learningwas important to them. They started a college inHancock.

People With Arab AncestorsMichigan has a large group of Arabic people.

It has more than most states. They live in cities nearDetroit. Dearborn and Southfield are examples.They helped these cities grow. Many of themworked making cars and trucks.

Arabic people come from over 20 countries.Saudi Arabia is just one of them. People havemoved here from Jordan and Lebanon.They have come from Iraq and Syria.Each year Detroit holds an Arab WorldFestival. People dance and eat. Theylisten to music. The festival preservestheir culture. It is a time for them toremember their heritage.

Many people living in the Arabworld believe in the Muslim religion.However, quite a number of those livingin Michigan are Christians.

Spencer Abraham is an Arab American.He grew up here. He has always beeninterested in government. He was electedas a U.S. Senator for Michigan. He was theonly Arab American in the U. S. Senate atthat time.

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A mosque or Muslim place of worship inDearborn, Michigan.

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Casey Kasem’s family came here from thesmall country of Lebanon. You may have heard ofMr. Kasem. He has worked in radio and television.For many years he had a radio program. It wasabout the top 40 songs. He also did voices for somecharacters on Sesame Street. Kasem wrote a shortbook, Arab- Americans: Making a Difference.

A Tough Trip- Moving Here Years AgoIt was not easy for many families to move to

Michigan. Sometimes the father came first to earnmoney to bring the rest. That is what Darwin Tomadid. He left Lebanon because there were few jobsthere. He came to Dowagiac with his brother. Heworked for six years and bought a small farm. Hestill did not have the money to pay for his wife andchildren to come. His brother decided to help. Hesent money for tickets to the United States.

Mrs. Toma left in1912. She and thechildren rode camelsto the nearest seaport.They had a long ride

What was it like totravel to Michiganfrom far away? Mrs.Toma rode camelsand took a ship thatsank along the way!

A trip to MichiganUse a wall map to showthe route of Mrs. Toma’strip from Lebanon. Youmight choose a smallgroup of students tocalculate the miles shetraveled to reach Michigan.Discuss why this familymoved to Michigan.

Mr. Toma wanted income.He wanted his own farm.

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on a ship to France. This was followed by a longtrain ride to another seaport. Was she afraidwhile she traveled? What was it like in a strangeland? In France they boarded a big ship. It sailedto Britain and then headed to the United States.

One night everyone felt a big jolt. Soon theengines stopped. What was the matter? The shiphit an iceberg and was sinking! Mrs. Toma had tofind her children and get into a lifeboat. Theymade it, but many people drowned in the coldAtlantic Ocean. Mr. Toma was so glad to seehis family when they arrived in Dowagiac! Youcan read more about the Toma family in thebook, Grandma Survived the Titanic by Joseph L.Thomas.

The JewishEzekiel Solomon came to Michigan. That was

in 1761. He was a fur trader at Mackinac Island.Chapman Abraham was another fur trader inDetroit. Jewish people came here from manycountries over the years.

Jewish can mean different things. It can be areligion. It can be an ethnic group. Most Jewishpeople had ancestors from Israel long ago.

Other Jewish families reached Michigan begin-ning in the 1840s. The Emil Heineman family livedin Detroit. They gave clothes to help escaped slaves.Michigan had 151 Jewish families during the time ofthe Civil War. Out of those families, 181 men joinedthe army. They fought against slavery.

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An iceberg sankher ship on the way toAmerica and Michigan!

If you think it is appropriate,invite an adult with an ethnicbackground, of your choos-ing, to visit your class andtell about his or her heritageand explain how that heri-tage is being pursued today.

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Albert Kahn was an architect.(ARK ih tekt) Architects design buildings.During his life he became famous. He isknown for his car factory designs. Healso designed other buildings. Most ofhis work was done in the 1920s and1930s.

Some people of Jewish heritagehave been politicians and judges. CharlesLevin was a member of the state supremecourt for many years. Carl Levin has beena U.S. Senator from Michigan for manyyears.

People from JapanSome Japanese moved to Michigan after 1900.

One of these was Minoru Yamasaki. (His namesounds like min or oo • yam ah sock ee.) Minoruwas an architect. He worked in Detroit designingbuildings. People liked his designs and he becamefamous. Yamasaki’s best-known building was theWorld Trade Center. That was in New York City.

You could be at themall. You see a Japanesefamily shopping. They mayhave moved to Michiganto manage a car partscompany. Several Japanesecompanies are now in ourstate.

This is Albert Kahn inhis office. Photo fromthe Archives ofMichigan.

Mr. Yamasaki workingwith a model of the WorldTrade Center. Photo fromthe Library of Congress.

On the right is a Buildinghe designed in EastLansing.

EnrichmentOptions for Lesson 2

Michigan & Migration(Worksheet)

Your Family Is Movingto Michigan (Get Into theAct!) page 278

Move to Michigan-Immigrants & TheirNew Homes (Map activity23 from ML-3)

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There Are More GroupsThese are only a few of the groups who make our

state great. There are many more you can study. Thepeople who moved here did much to help Michigangrow. They started farms. They cut lumber. Theymined natural resources. They built highways andworked in our factories. They have been teachers.They have been mayors, judges and lawmakers. Theyshared their cultures. They made Michigan a moreinteresting and better place to live.

Think About It. Write About It!1. How did people who moved from other countries help ourcities grow? 3H3.0.3 (p 273-275, 277-279, 283)

They moved to our cities for jobs in factories. They built homesand schools for their children. New roads were built for theircars. Even people who did not move to the cities helped themgrow, They may have cut Michigan lumber for new homes. Theymay have mined metals used in the factories.

2. Name a group who moved here to find freedom of religion. 3G4.0.2 (p 275)the Dutch

3. Name one group where a push factor caused them to move to Michigan.Explain what pushed them from their homeland. 3G4.0.2, 3G4.0.3 (p 273-274,277-278)

The Irish were pushed here in the year 1845 when disease killed their potatocrops. The Polish were pushed here because they were being attacked by othercountries and wanted a safer place for their families.

4. Name one group where a pull factor caused them to move to Michigan.Explain what pulled them here. 3G4.0.2 (p 273-274, 276)

The people from Sweden and Finland moved because jobs were plentiful inMichigan. The Upper Peninsula was like where they lived before.

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You can see peopleplaying bagpipes atScotish festivals.One is held in Almaeach year.


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Words In Action!Tell about some positive consequences of people migrating to Michigan.

4H3.0.2 (p 273-274)

Some positive consequences of people immigrating to Michigan are: moreworkers for our factories, people with new ideas and ways of doing things,people with talents and skills to use here. They helped build our cities and ourbusinesses. (Students may have additional thoughts as well.)

Why do groups with ancestors from other countries have special festivals?Give an example. 3G4.0.4 (p 274, 279)

Groups with ancestors from other countries have special festivals because theseevents help to preserve their culture and heritage. The festivals also help remindthem of the good times they had in their home country. (pages 274, 279)




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FAMILY TREE TALLY SHEET

STATES PARENTS GRAND- COUNTRIES PARENTS GRAND- PARENTS PARENTS

Alabama _________ _________ AfricaAlaska _________ _________ Cameroon _________ _________Arizona _________ _________ Ethiopia _________ _________Arkansas _________ _________ Ghana _________ _________California _________ _________ Nigeria _________ _________Colorado _________ _________ Tanzania _________ _________Connecticut _________ _________ Sierra Leone _________ _________Delaware _________ _________ Canada _________ _________Florida _________ _________ China _________ _________Georgia _________ _________ England _________ _________Hawaii _________ _________ Finland _________ _________Idaho _________ _________ Germany _________ _________Illinois _________ _________ India _________ _________Indiana _________ _________ Ireland _________ _________Iowa _________ _________ Italy _________ _________Kansas _________ _________ Jordan _________ _________Kentucky _________ _________ Lebanon _________ _________Louisiana _________ _________ Mexico _________ _________Maine _________ _________ Netherlands _________ _________Maryland _________ _________ Palestine _________ _________Massachusetts_________ _________ Poland _________ _________Michigan _________ _________ Russia _________ _________Minnesota _________ _________ Sweden _________ _________Mississippi _________ _________ Syria _________ _________Missouri _________ _________ Vietnam _________ _________Montana _________ _________Nebraska _________ _________Nevada _________ _________New Hampshire _________ _________New Jersey _________ _________ OTHERSNew Mexico _________ _________ Puerto Rico _________ _________New York _________ _________ Washington D.C. _________ _________North Carolina _________ _________North Dakota _________ _________Ohio _________ _________Oklahoma _________ _________Oregon _________ _________Pennsylvania _________ _________Rhode Island _________ _________South Carolina _________ _________South Dakota _________ _________Tennessee _________ _________Texas _________ _________Utah _________ _________Vermont _________ _________Virginia _________ _________Washington _________ _________West Virginia _________ _________Wisconsin _________ _________Wyoming _________ _________

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Chapter 6 Lesson 3

Ideas To Exploreadvertise - showing and telling customers about your

products (291)

interdependence - people depending on each other forproducts they each need (296)

Places To Discover

Bangor (293)

Colon (293)

Mt. Clemens (293)

Words to Welcomebrine - salt water that comes from under the ground (290)

consumers - people who buy products. When you buysomething, you are a consumer! (285)

exported - a product that is shipped out of our countryand sold (292)

producers - the people and businesses that makeproducts (285)

trading partner - another country that we export productsto or import products from (295)

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This lesson is all aboutMichigan’s economy and theproducts made here. The twocentral themes are:3G4.0.1 economic activitytoday4H3.0.1 development ofmajor economic activities

Is anything special made inyour community that youcan bring to show to yourstudents?

Are there any possibilitiesfor factory tours with yourstudents?

You can help studentscompare industries todaywith the information aboutthem in the past as presentedin earlier lessons. Thisconnects with 4H3.0.5 pastand present of an economicactivity.

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Neat Stuff We Make Here

Think about this question while you read.Why are products made where they are?

Many kinds of products are made in Michigan.People buy them. They use them to meet theirneeds and wants. Making and buying products is apart of our economy (ee kon uh me). What doeseconomy mean? The economy is all the activities thatgo into making and buying products and services. Fillingneeds and wants is what the economy is all about.

The economy has two main parts. Producers,the makers, are one part. Consumers, the buyers,are the other.

In the economy, everyone makes choices.What should I buy? How much should I spend?How much should I save? What product should mycompany make? How many should we make? Howmuch money should I charge for it?

People always decide the best way to use theirresources. There are limits on every resource. Thereare limits on how many ice cream cones you can eatat one time. There are limits on the money to payfor them.

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There are always limits.

There is never enough of everything for everyone!

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If a product is made in yourcommunity, try to bring asample to show your students.It could be Faygo soda pop orKellogg’s corn flakes. Formore information, check theproducts map near the end ofthis book or call your localchamber of commerce. Yourpublic library may have a copyof the Michigan ManufacturersDirectory. Ask your class –Did you know this product ismade here in our town?

3E1.0.1 scarcity, opportunitycosts

Businesses tend to makeproducts that are scarce andhave a high demand. Thebusinesses know people willwant to buy those products.

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Acme Drop Forge Co.Acme Drop Forge Co. Acme Drop Forge Co.Acme Drop Forge Co.

Human Resources - the workers -Human Resources - the workers - or human capital

It takes 3kinds of resources tomake any product.

1. natural resources

2. capital resources

3. human resources

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3E1.0.4 Describe howentrepreneurscombine natural,human and capitalresources to producegoods and services inMichigan.

In this lesson the termentrepreneur can bereplaced with the termbusiness.

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In Our Economy

Everything on these two pages is a part of oureconomy. Businesses sell products to customers.Customers are also called consumers. They buy theproducts with their money.

How do businesses decide to make a newproduct? They look at the demand for it. Businesseswant to make money. They want to earn a profit. Ifa new product will make them a profit, they willproduce it. The desire to make what people will buydrives our economy.

The money businesses get from customerspays to make the product. It pays for the naturalresources, capital resources and human resourcesused to make it. The money left after these costs isprofit for the business.

Producers Consumers

make products buy and use products

YOU are a partof the economytoo. Buyingsomething ordoing a job forsomeone makesyou a part of it.

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The classic computer game,Lemonade Stand, at: http://www.ae4rv.com/games/lemonade.htm can be playedon-line for free or purchasedat a low cost. This game mayhelp students to think aboutthe cost of resources, advertis-ing, profit and so forth.

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Sharing Facts About Michigan ProductsYour class wants to be e-mail pals with a class

far away. Your teacher contacts a Florida school.Everyone in your class is excited. You want to tellyour new Florida friends about Michigan!

You read to learn more about the things madeand grown here. Soon you are very surprised. Youhad no idea so many things are made here- right inMichigan!

Cars and Trucks Are Big BusinessWhat do many of our factory workers do? They

make cars and trucks or parts for them!About 200,000 of our people do this kind ofwork. Three car companies have their head-quarters in Michigan. They are Chrysler,

Ford and General Motors.

Breakfast Cereal Many of you start your day with breakfast

cereal. It was probably made in Michigan. Kellogg’sand Post cereals are made in Battle Creek. BattleCreek is the breakfast cereal capital for the country!Cereal made there is eaten around the world. Theidea for many of these cereals started in Michigan.This changed the way millions of people begin theirday!

Other FoodsOther yummy foods are made in Michigan. The

Bob Evans company in Hillsdale makes sausageand other good things to eat. The Jiffy mixes youA Japanese boy

holding a box of cereal-Picture drawnby George Rasmussen

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If you know about carmakers with factories inyour community, tellyour students aboutthem. Make sure toinclude where they areand what they make.A call to the company’scommunity relationsdepartment or officermay help get you moreinformation.

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see in grocery stores are made inChelsea. When you were a baby,you probably ate Gerber’s babyfood. That is made in Fremont.Vlassic pickles are made in ImlayCity.

Helping People Feel BetterSome of you may take a vitamin at

breakfast. Several kinds of medicine and vitaminsare made in Kalamazoo. These are made by thePfizer Company.

Dr. William Upjohn was a familydoctor in the horse and buggy days.He began to make his own pills andmedicines. The company Dr. Upjohnstarted has grown over the years. Todayit has many scientists who spend theirtime looking for new medicines.

Kalamazoo also has a companycalled Stryker. Stryker helps people inmany ways. If your granddad had tohave a new knee, Stryker may havemade it. They make replacement kneesand hips and other medical products,like special hospital beds. One is calledthe “In Touch Bed.” This bed can talk todoctors and patients! It helps thedoctors know more about how to helppatients.

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The In Touch Bed made by Stryker.Photo from Stryker.

These products are madein Michigan. You may seethem at the grocery store.

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Why Are Businesses Started Where They Are?When Dr. Upjohn started making pills, another

man came to Michigan. He was Herbert Dow. Mr.Dow knew Michigan had much salt under it. Ahuge ocean left the salt. This ocean once covered thestate.

The salt water can be pumped up using wells.This salty water is called brine. Herbert Dow knewa lot about science. He tested the brine. Besides salt,he found other chemicals. He wondered what hecould make with them. He invented ways to takethose chemicals out of the brine.

A Resource From Under the GroundHe began the Dow Chemical Company in

Midland, Michigan. That was a good place for brinewells. This was in 1897. Soon his company wasmaking many chemicals from brine. Today, Dow isthe second largest chemical company in the country.

About 1940, some Dow scientists were makingplastics. They made a clear, tough plastic wrap.Saran Wrap was born! For many years Saran Wrapwas made in Midland. It is an interesting process.The plastic is melted and blown into big bubbles.The bubbles are rolled up and cut into strips. Thosestrips go into the boxes people buy.

Businesses often begin near the raw materialsthey use. Dow Chemical is one example. Michiganiron ore is made into steel for cars. Michigan corngoes into corn flakes. Wood was used to makefurniture in Grand Rapids.

A business can bestarted at a placebecause the personlives there. Dr. Upjohn’scompany was like that.

Other times, a businessstarts where theresources are. Mr. Dowstarted where he couldget brine.

This is a well to bringup brine from underthe ground. Brine isused to help makemany products.

You can do a little scienceexperiment and helpstudents understand saltbrine. Dissolve table salt inwater until no more will gointo the solution. Show thisliquid to your class. It ismuch the same as salt brine,except the brine usually hasother chemicals too. Poursome of your homemadebrine into a shallow dish.Let it sit for several daysuntil crystals form andshow them to your class.

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Furniture From West MichiganGrand Rapids was a good place to make

furniture. Cherry, maple and oak trees were nearby.Flowing water from the Grand River made themachines go. The Dutch workers were skilled inmaking things with wood.

At first, the furniture makers weresmall. They made beds and cabinets. Theymade chairs and tables. About 1870 theybegan to advertise. They took photographsof their furniture. They mailed the photosall over the country. Photos were new atthat time. When people could see thefurniture, they bought more. The factoriesbecame larger. Some used whole cityblocks.

Railroads took the furni-ture to customers in manystates. Grand Rapids becamethe furniture making capital.More was made there thananyplace else.

Facing Changes - What to Do?In time, the furniture business changed.

Furniture makers cut costs. It was cheaper tomake it elsewhere. The Grand Rapids factoriesbegan to close. Some did not give up. They beganto make a different kind of furniture. Now, theymade furniture for offices and schools.

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This is an ad forfurniture from GrandRapids. It is in anewspaperfrom 1915.

Ad from theLibrary of Congress

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The Grand Riverprovided water-power. Anotherreason Grand Rapidsbecame a furniturecenter was the GrandRiver helped movethe needed logs rightto the factories. Goback to the photo onpage 195.

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Now the GrandRapids area is knownfor making office furni-ture. There are three bigcompanies. Their namesare Steelcase, HermanMiller and Haworth.They sell billions ofdollars worth each year.About half of the officefurniture made in thiscountry comes from Michigan! It is even exported.That means it is shipped to other countries. Two ofthem are Canada and Mexico.

Products to Stand In and On!You can ride in Michigan cars. You can eat

Michigan food. You can sit on Michigan furniture.

You might be standing on another Michiganproduct. The sidewalk you walk on could be made

These pictures arefrom the SteelcaseCompany.

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with Michigan cement. Yes,cement is made in Michigan!Alpena has one of theworld’s largest cementplants. You could be drivingnear Alpena and hear a bigboom. The ground shakes.They are blasting limestonein a huge pit near the cementplant. It is dug from the ground near the plant.Ships take the cement to be used around the world.

Magic Is Big BusinessWhen it is time for some fun, go to Colon,

Michigan. Many magic supplies and tricks aremade there. These products are exported to manycountries and used by magicians. Can you figureout how they pull a rabbit out of the hat?

Think About Christmas!Do you know someone who wants a model

train for Christmas? Go to the factory and checkthem out. The Lionel Company, near Mt. Clemens,makes toy trains. The Kalamazoo Toy TrainCompany in Bangor also makes them.

Write your Christmas list.Then go and buy some lightsand ornaments for the tree.There is no better place than ahuge store in Frankenmuth. It isBronner’s and they sell all kindsof things for Christmas.

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The cement plant inAlpena, Michigan

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Who Is the Largest?Michigan has many companies. They often sell

products around the world. Some of our companiesare huge. General Motors and Ford are two of thelarger companies in the world.

Here is a list of some of the big companies inMichigan. They may also have factories and officesin other places.

TABLE: The Michigan Companies That Sell the Most

General Motors $181 billion

Ford Motor $154 billion

Dow Chemical $53 billion

Whirlpool $19 billion

Kellogg $12 billion

These numbers are for a recent year. The numbers willchange from year to year and the order may change too.(Source: Value Line Investment Survey)

It is hard to list all of the products made in ourstate. What is made in your hometown? Remember,Michigan has products you can wear, eat, ride andplay with!

Selling to Other Countries- ExportsMichigan has some great products. Things

made here are wanted all over the world. Many ofMichigan’s companies sell their products in othercountries.

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Business!

The Canadian flag

The flag of Mexico

The flag of Japan


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TABLE: Where Michigan Products Go:

Canada $26 billion

Mexico $5 billion

China $1.5 billion

Japan $1.3 billion

Germany $1.3 billion

There is a name for products sold to othercountries. They are called exports. It is good wecan export products. This brings money toMichigan. It makes jobs for Michigan people.

Buying From Other Countries- ImportsWe cannot make everything here. Often

we need to buy things from other countries. Ifit comes from another country, it is an import.Without imports, we would not have somethings we use and eat. Bananas and chocolateare two examples. We also import coffee andtea. Often the fish you buy in the store isimported, too.

Lots of Imports From These Countries:

Canada (sends the most, about $49 billion worth) Mexico Japan and China

Look at the chart of exportsand the one for imports. You cansee Canada is our biggest tradingpartner.

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Products are sent around the world in cargoships like this. Photo from the author.

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(Other countries might dothe same thing. We mighthave more jobs in some areas,but fewer in others. We mightnot be able to get some prod-ucts and others may costmore, etc.)

Specialization is presented onthe next page. You mightdiscuss specialization in yourschool to help students betterunderstand the concept.Consider the specializedpeople at your school: theprincipal, secretaries, teach-ers, cooks and custodian.What would happen if therewere no specialized people?What if the principal alsocooked the lunches!

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Why Do We Import Products?Each place sells what it grows or makes the

best. Farmers cannot grow bananas in Michigan. Itis too cold for bananas here. Cherries and applesgrow well in our state. It is too hot to grow apples inthe jungles where bananas grow.

Each Place SpecializesDoing what you do best

and using your strong pointsis specialization.

Compare the farmers. People depend more oneach other when they specialize. The banana farmerneeds the apple farmer. Where else will he or she getapples? Depending on each other is calledinterdependence. This is another way to say eachperson needs the other.

As people specialize, there are more importsand exports. More products are shipped from onecountry to another. Bananas are shipped from thejungles to Michigan. Apples or cherries leave hereand go there. Products cost less if you buy themfrom people who specialize.

Int

erdependenceSpecialization isdoing what you dobest.

Suppose Karri isthe best pitcher butthe worst catcher.If you play softball,Karri should pitch,not be the catcher.

Enrichment

3E3.0.1 importedproducts

4H3.0.3 resources andthe location of industries

3E2.0.1 specialization &interdependence


Products on the Move:Imports & Exports(Worksheet)

Specialization Makes usSpecial (Worksheet)

Make Your Own Michi-gan Product (Get Into theAct!) See the PDF on theCD.

A Michigan Product Onthe Move - From Factoryto Market (Map activity24 from ML-3)


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Think About It. Write About It!

1. What are the two main parts of the economy? 1E1.0.1 (p 285) producers andconsumers

2. Name the three types of resources used to make all products. 2E1.0.4, 3E1.0.4(p 286) natural resources, capital resources, human resources

3. What do we call the money left over after a business has paid all its expenses?3E1.0.1 (p 287) profit

4. Name a product that is imported to Michigan. 3G4.0.3 (p 295) Some possibleexamples are: bananas, chocolate, coffee, tea or fish

5. Making which product provides the most jobs in our state? 3G4.0.1 (p 288)motor vehicles (cars and trucks)

6. Name the country that is Michigan’s biggest trading partner. It is the one fromwhom we import the most and to whom we export the most. 3G4.0.3 (p 295)Canada

Brain StretchersName a product made in or near your city. Name the company that makes it.

Tell one natural resource used to make it. 3G5.0.2

If you are not sure what is made in your city, check with your chamber ofcommerce or industrial development commission. The Internet may also help aswell as the phone book! If the product is exported, find out where it goes.

Draw a picture to show how Michigan is a part of the world economy.3G4.0.3

Students can use many ideas. They can draw a simple globe as found on page280 and show a product being exported or imported. They can draw a ship andput the product on the ship. They can draw an outline of Michigan on one halfof the paper and an outline of another country on the other half and put theproduct in the middle. They can use an arrow to show which way the product ismoving.

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Make a Chart TodayChoose two of Michigan’s trading partners. Make a chart to show the value

of exports we sell to them in a year. 3E2.0.1

Students can use the information on page 295. Five trading partners arelisted there. Students can use any number of styles for the chart to showthe value of our exports, but bar charts are probably the easiest to make.


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Name ___________________________________ Date ___________________

You have a new job. You work for the New Zeeland FurnitureCompany. They makes office furniture in Zeeland, Michigan. You arein charge of making the Deluxe Computer Desk.

To make the desk you use wood from Brazil. It goes on the out-side. Pine wood is used on the inside. It comes from South Carolina.The screws for the desk are made in Mexico. There is steel to helpsupport the desk. Sometimes it comes from Canada; sometimes itcomes from Germany. It depends which steel costs less. The desk alsouses plastic parts. They are made in Brighton, MI.

The desks are shipped to many places. Stores in the UnitedStates buy 65%. Many desks are exported. Stores in Canada buy 20%.Mexican stores buy 10% and stores in Japan buy 5%.

1. List the imported

parts for the desk.

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Chapter 6 Lesson 4

Ideas To Exploreclimate - This is the pattern of weather in a region over

a long time. Here are two climate questions.How much snow is there usually in December?How hot is it usually in June? (299)

Words to Welcomemaple syrup - a sweet dark liquid often used on pan-

cakes and waffles. The real syrup comes frommaple trees. Stores also sell syrup that is man-made. (301)

sap - This is the clear liquid that moves from the rootsto the branches of trees in the early spring. It isnot sweet until it is boiled down. Syrup can bemade from trees besides maple, but that is thebest. (301)

sugar beets - a big white beet that grows under theground. It is the root of the plant. It has muchsugar. Sugar sold in stores comes from sugarbeets or sugar cane. Sugar cane does not grow inMichigan. (300)

Places to Discoverfruit belt - This is the

land along LakeMichigan that is verygood for growing fruit.The lake helps keepthe temperaturejust right. (299)

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Good Things to Eat From Michigan

Think about this question while you read.Why do Michigan farmers specialize

in some crops?

Maybe we should call Michigan theyummy state! Many foods are grown here.

Why are foods grown where they are?Parts of Michigan have just the rightconditions for some foods. The climatehelps. The right kind of soil helps.

The Fruit BeltWe have lots of cherries. Have you

ever bought any at a roadside stand?Cherries come from around Traverse City.They are also grown in other towns nearLake Michigan. This area is called the fruitbelt. The water of the lake helps to makethe climate just right.

Michigan is the big producer of tartcherries. We grow more than any otherstate. If all our cherry crop went into onepie, it would be a monster. It would weighmore than 250 million pounds!

Other farms specialize in blueberries.The sandy soil along Lake Michigan isjust right for them. Michigan grows moreblueberries than any other state.

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Michigan cherries-above and blueberries - below

An apple orchard

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If a food product is grownnear your community, tellyour students about it. Askthem if they have seen thefields, orchards, etc. Dothey personally like thefruit or food? What is theirfavorite way to eat it?



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Apples like a cold winter and warm summer.They grow well here. Only one state grows moreapples than Michigan. Our farmers grow about onebillion pounds of apples each year! Peaches are alsogrown in several parts of our state.

Beans, Beans, BeansReady for some hot chili? We will bring the

beans! Michigan grows about 300 million pounds ofbeans each year! We are second among the states ingrowing dry beans that people eat. Dry beans arekinds other than green beans.

These beans are grown around Saginaw andBay City. So many beans are grown here we cannoteat them all. What happens to the rest? They areexported to Europe on ships.

Sweet StuffFarmers in the thumb area grow an unusual

crop. They grow sugar beets. These beets are noteaten. They are used to make sugar. Sugar from

these beets is just like the sugarfrom sugar cane. The sugar youbuy could be from Michigansugar beets.

A sugar beet harvestor and a sugar beet

Several kinds of drybeans are grown inMichigan.

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3G5.0.2 adapting to andusing natural resources

FYIFor current informationon Michigan food cropsand production, go tothe Michigan Depart-ment of Agriculturesection of themichigan.gov web site:

http://www.michigan.gov/mda

For some interestingfacts about crops thatmay not all come fromMichigan check out:

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The maple syrup on your pancakesmay come from Michigan, too. Michigan isone of the leading makers of maple syrup!People collect the sap in February andMarch. Snow is often still on the ground.

Green SproutsMuch celery is grown here. The farmers around

Kalamazoo were pioneers in growing celery. Longago, Michigan was the number one grower of celery.Now, more celery comes from California. Today, weare the third biggest celery grower.

Moo!Do not forget Michigan cattle and cows. They

give us beef and milk. The dairy business bringsMichigan farmers the most money of all.

TABLE: Value of Michigan Food Products for a Recent Year in millions of dollars.

14 Celery 35 Tart Cherries 50 Blueberries 50 Cucumbers 75 Dry Beans 85 Apples112 Sugar beets166 Pork (pigs)205 Beef365 Soybeans365 Corn712 Milk

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An All Michigan Meal3G5.0.1?, 3G5.0.2

Select 3 or 4 students to planan “all Michigan meal”. Theyneed to go before the classand tell about the foods theywill use and where thesefoods are grown or made inMichigan.

They can extend this activityby telling about a recipe forone item they will serve for aMichigan meal.

The information provided inthis chart allows students toselect 3 or 4 items and maketheir own charts. See theMake a Chart Today activityon page 303.

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TABLE: How Much We GrowEach Year in Millions of Pounds

Apples 1,000Beans (dry) 600Beef 485Celery 99Cherries (tart) 250Corn 13,000Cucumbers 120Grapes 43Milk 5,945Pork 503Soybeans 4,700Sugar Beets 6,400Wheat 1,920

Let’s Say Thanks! Michigan farmers give us

much good food to eat. It is hardwork to grow all this food. Mostfarmers work long hours. Theaverage farmer produces enoughto feed about 125 people!Be grateful to the farmersfor the work they do forus.

Keep your eyesopen. Michiganpotatoes can comein many shapes!

Jonathan enjoys some Michigan watermelon.


Your Michigan Favorite Foods(Worksheet)

Momma’s Michigan Pie Recipe(Worksheet)

An All Michigan Meal(Get Into the Act!) page 301

Land for This and Land forThat - How Our Land Is Used(Map activity 25 from ML-3)

Here is a web site with generalMichigan facts and agriculturalinformation:

http://www.ers.usda.gov/statefacts/MI.HTM


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1. Name two foods Michigan grows more of than any other state. 3E1.0.1 (p 299)tart cherries and blueberries

2. Why do some Michigan farmers specialize in certain crops? How does thismake us more interdependent? 3E2.0.1 (p 299)

Farmers in Michigan specialize in certain crops because we have areas herewhere those crops grow better than anyplace else. (Since those crops are scarce inother places, Michigan farmers can earn more by growing them.)

This makes us interdependent because we all can’t just live on those specialcrops. We want other foods grown different states and countries too.

3. Which farm product brings farmers the most money in our state? 3G4.0.1 (p301) milk

4. Think about cause and effect. Choose a fruit shown on the table from page 302.What would be the effect on the crop of a bad frost in May? 3E1.0.1

Question 4 is a higher level-thinking question relating to cause and effect andthere is no direct answer given in the text. The effect would be less fruit on themarket. The prices would be higher because it is now scarce and harder to find.Perhaps you can share an example of a food whose cost increased due to a badgrowing year. Is some food in short supply this year?

Think Like a GeographerDraw a simple map of Michigan. Show where the fruit belt is found. Label

it and name a food grown there. Show the “Thumb.” Label it and name a cropgrown there. 3G1.0.2 (p 298, 301)

Students' maps should be similar to the ones on page 298 and 300. The fruit beltgoes along the edge of Lake Michigan in the Lower Peninsula. They caninclude any fruit grown in Michigan and especially those grown on trees,bushes and vines such as apples, blueberries, cherries, grapes and peaches. TheThumb area is known for sugar beet and dry beans.

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Think Like an EconomistName one capital resource used by farmers. Name one natural resource

used by farmers. How do farmers use these things to produce our food? 3E1.0.4(p 298, 301)

This question is not answered directly in the lesson and requires students to usehigher-level thinking skills and to perhaps do a little research if they live in thecity. Capital resources can include: tractor, combines, truck, plow, harvester, barn,silo, etc. Natural resources can include: water, soil, fertilizer, seed, etc.

Think Like a HistorianHow has farming in Michigan changed since the days of the pioneers? You

may wish to compare the number of farmers, the crops, the equipment and otherthings you believe are important. 4H3.0.5

This question is not answered directly in the lesson. It also requires students touse higher level thinking skills and to perhaps do a little research. Here are someof the ways Michigan farming has changed since the days of the pioneers. Today,we have fewer farmers, but each one grows a lot more food. The size of mostfarms is much larger than in pioneer times. Today, farmers grow more kinds offood. Pioneers only used a few horses or oxen to help them. Today, farmers havebig tractors and combines to help them plant and harvest hundreds or eventhousands of acres.

Make a Chart TodayChoose three foods grown in Michigan. Make a chart showing information

about these foods. Label each part of your chart correctly. 3G4.0.3 (p 301-302A bar graph showing the value of each crop would be good.)

Students can present information from pages 301 and 302. Make certain they donot mix value in millions of dollars on page 301 with production in millions ofpounds on page 302. They should use one or the other.

Use the map on the next page to provide practice using a map key. Ask studentsthe main use of the land in your county. Ask them to name a county in the fruitbelt, etc. If you want your students to do more activities with map keys, check

out our Michigan laminated desk map and its ML-3 lessons.Phone toll free 877-252-0428.


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The Land and Its Uses

Forests

Fruit

Industry

Grain & Dairy

Beans & Sugar Beets

Map Key

Cass St. Joseph Branch Hillsdale LenaweeMonroe

WayneWashtenaw

Oakland

Macomb

JacksonCalhounKalamazoo

Van Buren

Allegan Barry Eaton InghamLivingston

Kent Ionia ClintonOttawaShiawassee

Genesee Lapeer St. Clair

Muskegon

OceanaNewaygo

MontcalmGratiot

Saginaw

Tuscola Sanilac

Huron

Isabella Bay

Mason

Manistee

Benzie GrandTraverse

Leelanau

Crawford

Keweenaw

Gogebic

Ontonagon

Baraga

Houghton

Iron

Dickinson

Marquette

Delta

Alger Chippewa

Luce

MackinacSchoolcraft

Emmet

Alcona

Charlevoix

Cheboygan

Clare Gladwin

Iosco

Kalkaska

Lake

Mecosta

Missaukee Ogemaw

Osceola

Oscoda

Presque Isle

RoscommonWexford

AlpenaAntrimMontmorency

Otsego

Arenac

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Menominee

BerrienBlackline master map for Meet Michigan

by Hillsdale Educational Publishers

This map shows the majoruse for land in each county.

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Chapter 6 Lesson 5

Ideas To Exploreservice jobs - Doctors, nurses and teachers do jobs

that are services. You cannot usually hold aservice in your hand like a product. (305)

People To MeetPresident Gerald Ford (307)tourists - These are the people from other places

who visit us while on vacation. (305)

Places To DiscoverMunising (310)Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes (310)Tahquamenon Falls (311)The Soo - Sault Ste. Marie (310)

Words to Welcometourist attractions - These are places tourists like to

visit. (See examples on the map on page 312.)

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Miner’s Castle at

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The main theme for this lesson is tourism and how itconnects with GLCEs3G4.0.1 economic activitytoday &4H3.0.1 development ofmajor economic activities

An important secondarytheme is 3G2.0.1 divideMichigan into regions -as Michigan is split intotourism regions.

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Tourists Are Big BusinessThink about this question while you read.

Why do people come to Michigan for vacations?

Who are tourists? Why are theyimportant to Michigan’s economy?Tourists are people from other places whovisit while on their vacations. They areimportant because they spend about$18 billion a year in Michigan! That isa lot of money.

Tourists spend money at motels.They buy meals in restaurants. Theybuy gas in gas stations. They get giftsfrom shops to take home. This bringsmoney to the people who own thesebusinesses.

About 150,000 people in our statehave jobs because of tourists. Somepeople wait on tables. Others work ingas stations. Some make the beds inmotels.

It Is a Service BusinessMost tourist businesses offer services,

not products like cars. You cannot hold a service inyour hand. In Michigan, the number of service jobsis growing. Doctors, nurses and teachers are otherswho provide services.

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If there is a tourist attractionnear your community, tell yourclass about it. Tell why peoplevisit it. Can you discover anystatistics about this place? Howmany people visit it and fromwhere do they come? Checkout www.michigan.org forofficial tourism information.


3G4.0.3 current movements ofgoods, people, etc.

3E1.0.5 role of business in thefuture. (The change frommanufacturing jobs to servicejobs.)

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Where Do They Visit?Which are the places tourists visit? You can

learn about them by region. Here are some of themost popular places.

The Detroit Region–Southeastern Michigan has many places to

visit. They are all near Detroit.

DearbornHonk! Honk! Watch out; here

comes a Model T. You cannot standin the middle of the street! Model Tsstill drive down the streets at TheHenry Ford. That is the name for Greenfield Villageand the Henry Ford Museum. The Henry Ford is inDearborn. Yes, you can ride in a Model T. You canalso take a steam train to the next station at theHenry Ford. You can see what a factory was like120 years ago.

DetroitDo you want to see where the

Supremes and Stevie Wonder worked?Then visit the Motown Museum inDetroit. This is a great stop if you likethe music once made there.

One of Detroit’snewest museums is the Museumof African American History.Discover the accomplishments ofAfrican Americans in Michiganand the nation.

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The Mid State Region–

Drive northwest from Detroit. A few milesbeyond Flint is the small town of Frankenmuth.

FrankenmuthNeed to buy some things for your Christmas

tree? Visit Bronners in Frankenmuth. If shoppingmakes you hungry, this town is well-known forgood places to eat. It is a top tourist stop. InFrankenmuth many of the people have Germanancestors.

Grand RapidsHave you ever wanted to visit the

White House? You can do it. You do noteven need to leave Michigan. Just go toGrand Rapids. Grand Rapids has two bigmuseums downtown. One is in honor ofpast President Gerald Ford. This is hishometown. Inside the museum you can seea copy of the Oval Office from the WhiteHouse. It is just like it was when Mr. Fordwas President. That was from 1974 to 1977.

The other museum is the Van AndelMuseum Center. Here you can walk downan old street and visit the stores. You canlearn all about how furniture was made.The museum even has a big carousel thatkids can ride.

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Van Andel MuseumCenter in GrandRapids

Gerald Ford Presidential Museum

President Ford

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Another great place is Meijer Gardens in GrandRapids. The gardens have beautiful flowers. Thereis a giant statue of a horse and a butterfly house.

HollandWhere can you see fields and fields full

of tulips? Go to Holland, Michigan, for itstulip festival. It is held each spring. Thereare acres of red, yellow, pink and orangetulips.

KalamazooDo you like airplanes? Visit the Kalamazoo

Aviation History Museum. Sometimes it is calledthe Air Zoo. It has all kinds of old planes to see.Some of them are really big.

LansingWhere do thousands of

students visit each year?Students like you go to theMichigan Historical Museum inLansing. Inside you can see partof a copper mine. You can touchreal “big wheels” like the lum-berjacks used. It is almost likegoing back in time.

MuskegonReady for some thrills? Try out roller coasters

and some great water rides. Go to Michigan’s Ad-venture Park. It is near Muskegon.

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There are over 50 rides at the park. With nameslike the Funnel of Fear tornado slide, it is nowonder over 800,000 people stop here each year!

The Northern RegionMackinac

Drive north on I-75 to the Mackinac Bridge. Inthe summer you will not be alone. Thousands oftourists travel north to see this part of Michigan.You will see campers and motor homes along theway.

Near the south end ofthe bridge is a fort. This isFort Michilimackinac. Itwas captured by ChiefPontiac’s warriors in1763. They have peopledressed as they did yearsago. Some British soldiersare marching by now!

Drive north across thebridge. It is so tall you can see ships go under it. It islike driving in the sky! Look to the right. Youcan see Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island really takes youback in time. You must use a boat to goto it. There are no cars on the island.Everyone must walk, ride a bicycle oruse a horse. Horses pull carriages onthe island. The carriages take people

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Ask students what kinds oftourist attractions they cansee in the Northern Regioncompared to the DetroitRegion. How are the attrac-tions different?

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The Mackinac Bridge wasopened in 1957.

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where they need to go. It is just like it wasover 100 years ago. Mackinac Island is apopular place to visit.

Pictured Rocks Go to Munising. Take a boat ride in

Lake Superior. It is the best way to seethe Pictured Rocks. These high cliffs arestreaked in many colors. I hope youhave your camera. You will want to takepictures of the rocks!

Sleeping Bear Dunes Did you like to play in a sandbox

when you were little? Where is theworld’s biggest sand pile? It may beSleeping Bear Sand Dunes. There is sandas far as you can see! It goes for about 35miles. There is a legend about how thedunes were formed. Do you know thestory?

The Soo Sault Ste. Marie is also called “the

Soo.” On one side is Lake Superior. Onthe other side is Lake Huron. The SooLocks are in between. Lake Superior ishigher than Lake Huron. Water rushesbetween them. Without the locks, shipscannot sail between the lakes. You canstand at the locks and watch the ships gothrough.

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Get Into the Act!Your Michigan Vacation3G4.0.1, 2G4.0.3

Select 4 students to be afamily trying to decidewhere in Michigan theywill go for their vacation.Each person can talk aboutwhere they want to visitand why. The family mustvote to make a selection.Then they need to see howfar away they will traveland how they will get there.They can use a state high-way map and decide onsome of the main roads theymust use if they are driving.Where will they spend thenight(s)? Which region ofMichigan will you visit?

(May wish to sign up for aTravel Michigan guide -www.michigan.org)

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Tahquamenon FallsPretty waterfalls always are a nice

place to visit. Tahquamenon Falls are inthe eastern part of the Upper Peninsula.Tourists visit them all year. Hear thewater roar as it goes over the edge.These are Michigan’s largest waterfalls.

Several tourist stops are natural resources.This is often true in the northern region. Theseare not resources that are mined or cut down.These are resources people enjoy seeing. Theypull people to visit this part of Michigan. Manytourist businesses are located near pretty places.

It is important to make sure these placesstay clean. It is important they are not damaged bypollution. We want people to enjoy visiting Michigan.

Do you have other places you like to visit inMichigan? You may want to tell your class aboutyour favorite. There are many we did not mention.

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Using a MapThis map shows places tourists like to visit. It also has features

that help people use the map. It has a map grid along two sides. Youcan use the grid to help others find places on the map. Look at thetop left corner. The grid makes boxes on the map. Two are shown.The Adventure Copper Mine is in B-1. Where is the dot for FortWilkins?

The map also has a map scale. It helps tell the distance betweenplaces. This scale shows 50 and 100 miles. You can see it is morethan 50 miles across Lake Michigan, but less than 100 miles. What isthe map title? What does the compass rose tell you?

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Our Tourist Regions(Worksheet)

Your Michigan Vacation(Get Into the Act!) page 310.

Explore I-75, an InterstateHighway (Map activity 26from ML-3)

How We Change theEnvironment (Map activity27 from ML-3)

Your Greatest MichiganVacation! (Map activity 28from ML-3)

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Think About It. Write About It!1. Why are tourists an important part of Michigan’s economy? 3G4.0.1 (p 305)Tourists are important because they spend about $18 billion in Michigan eachyear.

2. Name three places tourists like to visit in Michigan. Tell in which region eachis found. 3G2.0.1, 3G4.0.1 (p 306-312)

Detroit Region:1. Dearborn – The Henry Ford Museum2. Detroit – The Museum of African American History

Mid-State Region:3. Frankenmuth – Bronners4. Grand Rapids – Gerald Ford Presidential Museum5. Holland – tulip festival6. Kalamazoo – Aviation History Museum7. Lansing – state capitol8. Muskegon – Michigan Adventure Park

Northern Region9. Mackinac – Mackinac Bridge, Fort Michilimackinac10. Munising – Pictured Rocks11. Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes12. Sault Ste. Marie – the Soo Locks13. Tahquamenon Falls

3. Some tourist attractions are also natural resources. Name one example.3G5.0.1, 3G5.0.2, 3E1.0.3 (p 310-312)

1. Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes2. Pictured Rocks3. The Great Lakes4. Tahquamenon Falls

4. Why is it important to the tourist business to keep our state clean and pretty?4H3.0.8 (p 311) It is important to keep Michigan clean and pretty so tourists willwant to come here. No one wants to visit a place that has litter or pollution.

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Be a Geographer

Choose a tourist attraction from the map on page 312. Plan a trip from yourhome to this place. Give its location using the map grid. Tell which direction youwill travel. Tell about how many miles you will drive there and back. 3G4.03

Example: I am going to visit the capitol in Lansing. Lansing is in the grid sectionE4 on this map. Since I live in Ludington, I will travel southeast to reach Lansing.Using a ruler and the map scale, it looks like Lansing is about 115 miles fromLudington, so my round trip will be about 230 miles. [Note: State highway mapdistances will probably not match student answers too closely.]

Promote a Place

Pick a tourist attraction. Plan a web site for this place. Tell what you wouldput on 4 screens for the web site. Why should they visit it? What do you thinkpeople should know about it? How will they find it? (Once you are done, see ifthey already have a web site. Visit it. See what they put on their web site.) 3G4.03

Students may want to add some pictures and maybe a map to some screens.Graphic designers make small pictures of each screen and call this set of picturesa storyboard. Students can draw the pictures or cut them from old magazinesand glue them to their storyboards. Some students may even know how tocapture images from the Internet to print out and use.)

Screen 1: Visit Crossroads Village- it brings the past to the present!

Screen 2: Crossroads Village is fun for the whole family. It has a real steamtrain for you to ride. There may even be some train robbers. Keep a close look-out!

Screen 3: Crossroads Village has a nice parking lot close by. The cost is reason-able.Screen 4: Crossroads Village is easy to find. It is north of Flint. It is just a fewmiles from I-75. It is only about an hour’s drive for many people in the Detroitmetro area.


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Fill in the boxes below. Use facts from chapter 6 or from other books.An attraction is something you want to see or visit.Natural features are beaches, lakes or sand dunes that people come to see.

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Chapter 6 Lesson 6

Ideas To Explorehigh technology- This is the use of science in

business and research.It may use manycomputers and complex machines.

Places To Discoverautomation alley - A nickname for the cities around

Detroit where many research and technologybusinesses are located. Automation is usingmachines to do more work faster and easierwith fewer people.

Words to Welcomelife sciences - the areas of science related to living

things and medicine

loan - A loan is borrowing money for some purpose.Loans must be paid back plus some extramoney which is called interest.

research - Research is using science to find newways to do things.

solar cells - devices that change the light energyfrom the sun into electricity

tax breaks - incentives from the government forpeople or businesses to do certain things

universities - These are places where people goto learn more once they finish high school.Universities usually have thousands of students.Students often do research at universities.

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The theme of this lesson is3E1.0.5 role of business inthe future -and with strongconnections to3G4.0.1 economic activitytoday &4H3.0.5 past and presentof an economic activity(4H3.0.5 was addedand is not listed in thestudent edition.)

Ask students what jobthey want to do whenthey grow up.

Discuss how future jobsmay be different from thejobs they see around themtoday. You may want toask what kind of educa-tion students think theywill need for the jobs theymentioned.

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Tomorrow’s JobsWhat Will You Do?

Think about this question while you read.How can you get ready for the kind of work you

will do when you are an adult?

Michigan has been around for a long time.Many years ago the fur trade was our biggestbusiness. Over the years, this business sloweddown. Now it is gone. Later, we had coppermining. Now all the copper mines are closed.Once loggers worked hard cutting down our trees.How many loggers do you know today? Thesebusinesses are not what they once were. About 80years ago most cars were made here. We still makecars, but that is changing too.

We all face changes. The products people needand want change. The businesses that can makeproducts for the lowest costs change.

Today, workers in other countries work for less.The cost of human resources in Michigan is higher.This means most products can be made for less inanother place. This is a big issue for Michigan. Whatcan we do about it? For us to succeed, we mustwork smarter and work harder.

Businesses will always be important. We needthem to give us jobs. We need them to hire workers.

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If students have troubleunderstanding thisgraph, have them takethe same informationand make a simple bargraph.

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Get Into the ActA Human Chart- How the CarBusiness Has Changed 4H3.0.5

Select 5 students to work on thisactivity. Have them review thedata presented in the chart onpage 315. Each one will be oneof the 5 years shown on thatpage. If you can locate informa-tion about current car produc-tion, you can add a 6th student.First, have them work out a wayto chart this information on pa-per. Then give each of them astrip of crepe paper. Have themcut the crepe paper an appropri-ate length to represent the per-centage of cars made here fortheir year. All five students willstand before the class as a humanchart while holding their paperstrip. (continued...)

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The question is, which businesses will they be?It is important to have new businesses to replaceones that have faded away. If we do not do this,there may not be enough jobs. Long ago, people lefttheir home countries to find work here. We do notwant people to leave here to find work someplaceelse.

Our state wants newbusinesses. It likes ones that usehigh technology or high tech.The governor has talked aboutit. Workers in these businessesneed education. They mustknow how to use computers.They need to know how to usecomplex machines.

There is a part of Michigan called automationalley. What does this mean? Automation is a wayfor machines to do most of the work by themselves.An alley is a small street. It does not actually mean asmall street in this case. It is a nickname. They call itan alley because it is an area. It is a part of Michiganwith many high tech companies. This area is nearDetroit. It includes eight counties.

Many of tomorrow’s jobs will bevery complex. Workers will needall kinds of skills.

Who knows what kind oftechnology we will see in the future!

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(from page 315)The lessoncan be enhanced by findingsome props to go along witheach of the years used.Maybe old hats might belocated from a thrift store foreach student. Perhaps theycan find a model car to rep-resent each year. Or each onemight research somethingabout cars from that year andshare this information withthe class. (Google “automo-tive facts and trivia”)

Some information about thecar industry for each year:1914 - Studebaker has thefirst gas gauge on the dash.First Dodge cars made.1935 - About 3 million carsnow have radios.1982 - Ralph Teeter dies. Heinvented the cruise control.2000 - Since 1968, car exhaustemissions are down by over90 percent.2007 - First Chinese companymakes one million cars.


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Over 300,000highly skilled peoplework in the “alley.”A company theremay make robots. Itmight design soft-ware for computers.It might make solarcells. Solar cells takelight from the sunand change it intoelectricity.

Research isimportant to high

tech companies. Research is using science to find newways to do things. High tech business is often foundnear universities. There they have men and women

who know much aboutscience. They also spend a lotof time doing research. Theuniversities can help thesenew businesses. They canshare knowledge. They helpto find answers.

Universities also doresearch in the life sciences.What are life sciences? Theyare connected to health.People working in theseareas may try to cure adisease like cancer. They may

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A life sciences research worker

Subhendu Guha is thepresident of UnitedSolar Ovonic inAuburn Hills. He isholding some solarcell film. Photo fromthe company.

The Warm Up

Ask your class to nameseveral occupations peoplehave today. Ask them ifthey think some of thosewill have disappeared bythe time they becomeadults? Which ones andwhy? Ask them to namethree or four new occupa-tions they think will startwhen they are grown up.


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make products to help people feel better and livelonger. We already have some big life sciencebusinesses. Many people want to see us have moreof these businesses here.

Starting a high tech business isnot easy. It takes a great deal of money.The business needs computers and otherequipment. Paying scientists cost alot, too. There are risks in this kind ofbusiness. Sometimes things do notwork out. The business may fail. If thathappens, the investors lose all of theirmoney.

Our government wants new businesses to starthere, too. Businesses pay taxes. They pay wages toworkers. The workers also pay taxes. This helps thegovernment to pay its costs. Business is good for allof us.

Since government wants new businesses, theymay help start them. How do they do that? Theymay give them incentives. Remember, an incentiveis a reward for doing a certain action. In this case, itis a reward for starting a business. It is to help abusiness start in Michigan. Incentives may be taxbreaks. They may be loans of money. These thingsmake is easier for new businesses to get started.They help new companies keep going until they arebigger and stronger.

Doctors work inthe life sciences.

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What kinds of jobs will you have when yougrow up? Maybe you will help make cars thatcan go places by themselves. Maybe you willhelp build windmills that make electricity.


1. Often old businesses fade away. Why is it important to replace themwith new ones? 3E1.0.5 (p 316)

It is important to replace them with new ones so there will be enough jobs. If there arenot enough jobs in Michigan, people will leave to find work someplace else.

2. Michigan faces a big issue with the cost of human resources. What is it? 3E1.0.2(p 315)

Today, workers in other countries work for less than they do here. The cost of humanresources in Michigan is higher. This means most products can be made for less inanother place.

3. Automation alley is an area in our state. It has this nickname because of its high techbusinesses. Give an example of a business that could be in this part of our state.3E1.0.2 (p 316)

An example of a business in automation alley might be one that make robots. It couldbe a company that designs software for computers. It might produce solar cells to helpmake electricity.

4. Give an example of a product that a life sciences company could make. 3E1.0.5 (p317-318)

Life sciences companies may make products to help people feel better and live longer.A life sciences company may be working on a cure for diseases like cancer.

5. Why are high tech businesses often near universities? 3G4.0.1 (p 317)

High tech businesses are often near universities because the universities have men andwomen who know much about science. Those people spend much time doing research.The universities can share these people and their knowledge.

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6. What is an incentive our state may give to a new high tech business? 3E1.0.2,3E1.0.5 (p 318)Our state may give tax breaks or loans as incentives for new high tech businesses.

7. Think of the incentive from question 6. How could it help a new business decide tostart in Michigan? 3E1.0.5 (p 318)

A new business knows a tax break or a loan can help it keep going until it is bigger andstronger. If it has to choose a state to start in, it will probably decide on the one thatwill help it the most.

Words In ActionThink about your future. What kind of job would you like to have when you grow

up? What education will you need to do this job? 3E1.0.2

Students have many options for careers. Some may even use their imaginations and come upwith careers, like hologram artist, that do not exist today. Hopefully, most students will realizethey need a good education to have a good career. Many careers of tomorrow will be computerintensive. Even farmers will use global positioning and satellite imaging to help them. Almosteveryone in business will need to make and use spreadsheets. People will need to know how touse video conferencing to communicate with colleagues who may be halfway around the world.




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The 8 counties in southern Michigan are knowas automation alley.Name 3 businesses that might be in automationalley.

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