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 Teacher’s 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
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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 8.5" X 11" cardstock.