Michigan Primary Sources

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The Michigan Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Michigan. We have created a FREE Online TeacherÕs Guide for Primary Sources to help you to teach primary sources more effectively and use creative strategies for integrating primary source materials into your classroom. This FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources is 15 pages. It includes teacher tools, student handouts, and student worksheets. Click HERE to download the FREE Online Teacher's Guide for Primary Sources.

The Michigan Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:

- Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Point of View
- Compare and Contrast
- Order of Events
- And Much More!

Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!

The Michigan Primary Sources Documents are:
1. Portrait of General Orlando B. Willcox - Union general from Michigan - 1860
2. Advertisement for Gale's horse hay rake - 1875
3. Map of railroads in Michigan in 1876
4. Photograph of workers hauling timber in Michigan - 1880
5. Photograph of workers loading copper mined in Michigan onto a steamer ship in Houghton, MI - 1905
6. Photograph of the Malleable Iron Works - 1905
7. Photograph of excursion logging train in Harbor Springs, Michigan - 1906
8. Photograph of Michigan Agricultural College - 1912
9. Photograph of Ford Motor Company's assembly line - 1913
10. Advertisement for Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes - company founded in Battle Creek - 1915
11. Portrait of Henry Ford - 1919
12. Photograph of Smykowski Brothers Grocery in Detroit - owned by Polish immigrants - 1922
13. Photograph of Henry Ford with the first Model T and the ten millionth Ford produced - June 4, 1924
14. Photograph of workers inspecting filled boxes of Kellogg's cereal before boxes are sealed - 1934
15. Employees working drill presses at Ford's Willow Run plant - constructed during WWII by Ford Motor Company to produce the B-24 Liberator bomber - 1942
16. Photograph of Chief Justice Warren Burger administering the oath of office to Gerald Ford, Michigan native and 38th President of the United States - 1974
17. Satellite image of the Great Lakes from space - 2000
18. Photograph of the home of Motown Records in Detroit - founded by music producer and entrepreneur Berry Gordy - photo taken 2007
19. Photograph of a freighter passing under the Mackinac Bridge - connects Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas - 2009
20. Population density map of Michigan based on the 2010 census

Your students will:

...think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history.

...participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer's interpretations.

...integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events.

...experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience.

Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5Ó X 11Ó cardstock.

About the author

Carole Marsh is the creative force behind more than 15,000 children's books, state-aligned curriculum, and supplemental educational materials. Founded in 1979, Marsh's popular series, Real Kids! Real Places!, originated from her own children's request for her to write books for kids. It is aimed at young readers ages 7-14. This original series now has 50 titles. Since its inception more than 36 years ago, Carole has created eight additional mystery series, all including real characters, historical and factual information, and tons of hilarious mishaps!

Carole Marsh instinctive kid-friendly approach toward making reading and learning both fun and educational has earned her considerable attention in the literary world. She is a six-time winner of the Teacher's Choice for the Classroom award from Learning Magazine; two-time Academic's Choice Smart Book award winner; four-time award winner from Creative Child Magazine and the 2015 Moonbeam Silver Medal award recipient.

A Georgia native, Marsh was honored by the Georgia Writer's Association with the Georgia Author of the Year award in 2007. Having garnered these and other prestigious awards for superior products, as well as respect in the educational market, Gallopade has grown into an international, multi-million-dollar publishing concern highly favored by the educational community.

In 2015, Gallopade introduced Bluffton Books, an imprint with over 15 titles. Bluffton Books is a culmination of more than 37 years of writing. With an eclectic mix of themes and reading ages, Bluffton Books has appeal to a wide variety of audiences.

With more than one million of her mysteries sold to date, Carole Marsh's ever-increasing nationwide readership is testament that her motto "give 'em what they want to read" is truly a secret for success.

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