53^rd Anniversary of Michigan Week

1954-2007

May 19-May 25, 2007

Below are resources to help celebrate Michigan Week during May 20-26, 2006

1. Famous Michiganians
    
   Michiganians: (Elizabeth Chandler, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Laura Smith Haviland,  Hazen Pingree, Sojourner Truth)

2. How Michigan's Counties Got Their Names

3. Michigan Facts

4. Michigan in the Olympics

5. Michigan QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

6. Pizza Grown in Michigan

7. State Facts

8. Youth Photo Contest

1. GPPS's Michigan Links

2. Michigan YesterYear: History in Pictures

3. Panorama of Old Detroit

4. Penny Postcards from Michigan

5. State Symbols

6. Wayne County Vintage Postcards

1. Michigan History Bookmarks (Publisher)

2. Michigan Symbol Bookmarks (Publisher)

1. City-to-City Distance and Time Calculator

2. Frontiers to Factories 1701-1865 - Detroiters at Work (Detroit Historical Museum)

3. Kids' Stuff page (Michigan Historical Museum: Activities that include things to make, stories and poems, historic documents and more)

4. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Kids' Page

5. Michigan Epic: Michigan History Studies and Core Democratic Values (also has online interactive activities)

6. MI Kids

7. Michigan Senate Kids' Page

8. National Historic Landmarks in Michigan

Grand Haven Light

1. Getting to Know Michigan (coloring + information - 33 pages PDF)

2. Michigan- Facts, Map and State Symbols (Enchanted Learning)

3. Michigan Map

4. Michigan Printables

5. Michigan Quarter

6. State Bird

7. State Fish

8. State Flower

9. State Gem

10. State Reptile

11. State Stone

12. State Tree

13. The Model T Automobile

14. The State Flag

15. The State Capitol

16. State Nickname

Book Cadillac Hotel, Detroit 1945

1. Michigan Adventure! Discover Our State Symbols! (PDF articles)

2. Michigan Statehood

3. Michigan history magazine - The Mitten (several printable magazine articles for students)

4. Portraits of Michigan (47 pages b/w pictures and information)

5. Printable Map With Counties Named

6. State and City Maps

7. State Symbols Brochure (2 pages color)

8. Your State Capitol (24 pages b/w pictures, maps, and information)

1. Children's Books about Michigan

2. Geology in Michigan (includes digital images, slideshows, printables, and posters)

3. How Michigan's History Connects with Me (4th grade lesson)

4. Michigan Maze (A printable Michigan shaped maze and outline map depicting Michigan's counties - with an activity)

5. Michigan Word Search

6. State Quarters Lesson Plans

   •  K-2

   •  2-3

   •  4-6

7. Teacher's Stuff from the Michigan Historical Museum (documents, activities, and lessons)