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Welcome to
Michigan History
Unit One PBL!
Welcome to Michigan History
Unit Two PBL!
Michigan History
Welcome to Michigan History
Unit Three PBL!
Michigan History
Algonquin
Family of languages shared by all members
of the North American woodland Indians,
including most tribes indigenous to
Michigan.
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Welcome
to
Michigan History
 Taste
of Michigan, ENJOY!
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Arsenal of
Democracy
Detroit…The Factories and industrial
capacitythat helped win WWII
Assembly line
An arrangement of machines, tools, and
workers in which a product is assembled by
having each perform a specific, successive
operation on an incomplete unit as it
passes by in a series of stages organized in
a direct line.
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Baseline
A basic standard or level; guideline: to
establish a baseline for future studies or
measure.
8 Mile Road!
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blue-collar
Pertaining to wage-earning workers who
wear work clothes or other specialized
clothing on the job, as mechanics,
longshoremen, and miners. Compare whitecollar.
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white-collar
Belonging or pertaining to the ranks of
office and professional workers whose jobs
generally are salaried positions and do not
involve manual labor or the wearing of a
uniform or work clothes.
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boom-and-bust
Characteristic of a period of economic
prosperity followed by a depression.
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Canadian Parliament
1. Canada’s Legislative Branch located in
Ottawa.
2. In 1867, Canadian Confederation
produced the Constitutional, establishing
Canada as a constitutional monarchy.
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Cholera
Also called Asiatic cholera.
An acute, water-born infectious
disease, endemic in India and China
and occasionally epidemic elsewhere.
Characterized by profuse diarrhea,
vomiting, cramps, etc.
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Clan
1. a group of people of common descent.
2. a group of people, as a society, or party,
especially as united by some common trait,
characteristic, or interest: a clan of actors
and directors.
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Copper Country
Counties of Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula where copper
mining was a primary
economic activity.
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County Seat
The city or location of the
seat of government of a
county.
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Detroit
1. French word translates…at the narrows.
2. a river in SE Michigan, flowing S from
Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, forming part of
the boundary between the U.S. and
Canada. about 32 miles (52 km) long.
3. the U.S. center of U.S. automobile
industry.
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Chief Pontiac
During the French and Indian War,
Ottawa Chief Pontiac led a force of
warriors during an attack on the
British at Fort Detroit. This became
known as….“Pontiac’s Rebellion”.
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Ethnic Group
Pertaining to or characteristic of a people,
especially a group sharing a common and
distinctive culture, religion, language, or
the like.
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Fermi II
Michigan’s largest nuclear power plant
located on Lake Erie near Monroe. Mi.
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Fishery’s
1. a place where fish are bred; fish
hatchery.
2. a place where fish or shellfish are
caught.
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French and Indian War
The war in America in which France and its
Indian allies opposed England 1754–60:
ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763,
eliminated New France.
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Ghost Town
1. a town permanently abandoned by its
inhabitants, as because of a business
decline or because a nearby mine has been
worked out.
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Great Lakes
1. a series of five lakes between the U.S.
and Canada, comprising Lakes Erie, Huron,
Michigan, Ontario, and Superior; connected
with the Atlantic by the St. Lawrence River.
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I-75
Major north-south interstate highway in
Michigan. Beginning in Sault Ste Marie,
traversing the state to the Ohio border in
Monroe County.
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I-94
Major east-west interstate highway in
Michigan beginning in Port Huron,
traversing the state to the Indiana border
in St Joseph County.
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Industrialization
The large-scale introduction of
manufacturing, advanced technical
enterprises, and other productive economic
activity or the conversion to the methods of
industry and economic activity, particularly
of an area that was previously
underdeveloped economically.
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Iron Ore
A metal ore from which iron is extracted
and steel is smelted.
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Isle Royale
An island in Lake Superior: a part of
Michigan; Michigan’s only national park.
208 sq. mi. (540 sq. km).
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Lower Peninsula
The southern 2/3 of Michigan, south of the
Straits of Mackinac.
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Labor Movement
The effort of organized labor and its
supporters to bring about improved
conditions for the worker, as through
collective bargaining.
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Land Ordinance of 1787
Ordinance of 1787, adopted by the
Congress of Confederation for the
government of the Western territories
ceded to the United States by the states. It
created the Northwest Territory.
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Land Survey
Legal description and determination of
property or boundaries.
2. Establishment of borders and property
lines.
1.
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Longhouse
A communal dwelling, especially of the
Iroquois and Huron peoples, consisting of a
wooden, bark-covered framework often as
much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
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“Loonie”
Canadian dollar coin.
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Lower Canada
Former name of Quebec province 1791–
1841.
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Lumberjack
Any general person who works at lumbering
or in the logging industry.
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Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th century
French, and later British, fort and trading
post in the Great Lakes of North America.
Built around 1715
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Militia
1. a body of citizens enrolled for military
service, and called out periodically for drill
but serving full time only in emergencies.
2. a body of citizen soldiers as
distinguished from professional soldiers.
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Missionaries
A person sent by a church into an area to
carry on evangelism or other activities, as
educational or hospital work.
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Northwest Ordinance
The act of Congress in 1787 providing for
the government of the Northwest Territory
and setting forth the steps by which its
subdivisions might become states.
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Ojibwa
A member of a large tribe of North
American Indians found in Canada and the
U.S., principally in the region around Lakes
Huron and Superior but extending as far
west as Saskatchewan and North Dakota.
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Ontario
Province in Canada, bordering on the Great
Lakes. Sharing Four border crossings with
Michigan. (International Bridge, DetroitWindsor Tunnel, Ambassador Bridge and
the Blue Water Bridge)
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Ottawa
Capital of Canada, in SE Ontario. 304,462.
Or a member of a tribe of Algonquian
Indians of Canada, and Great Lakes region
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Peninsula
an area of land almost completely
surrounded by water except for an isthmus
connecting it with the mainland.
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Pioneers
A person who is among those who first
enter or settle a region, thus opening it for
occupation and development by others.
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Portage
The carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland
from one navigable water to another, or
the route over which this is done.
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Prehistoric
of or pertaining to the time or a period
prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a
prehistoric beast…
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Principle Meridian
These North-South lines were established
to govern the United States Public Land
Surveys and are displayed on various state
maps and topographic maps published by
the United States Geological Survey.
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WARNING…

During instruction all electronics
must now be put away, PLEASE!

Noncompliance will result in your
phone being placed in “THE BOX”
Cell Phone Warning!
Prime Minister
The principal minister is the head of state
in a parliamentary system; chief of the
cabinet or ministry: the Canadian prime
minister.
Stephen
Harper
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Sault Locks
1. Sault Locks, canals bypassing the rapids
on the St. Mary's River between Lake
Superior and Lake Huron, at the cities of
Sault Ste Marie, Mich. and Ont. The
Canadian
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Section
(in most of the U.S. west of Ohio) one of
the 36 numbered subdivisions, each one
square mile (2.59 sq. km or 640 acres), of
a township.
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Squatter
A person who settles on land or occupies
property without title, right, or payment of
rent.
A person who settles on land under
government regulation, in order to acquire
title.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
a series of channels, locks, and canals between
Montreal and the mouth of Lake Ontario, a
distance of 182 miles (293 km), enabling most
deep-draft vessels to travel from the Atlantic
Ocean, up the St. Lawrence River, to all the
Great Lakes ports: developed jointly by the
U.S. and Canada.
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Statehood
The status or condition of being a state,
especially a state of the U.S.
2. Michigan obtains statehood in 1837
becoming the 26th state.
1.
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Strip Mining
Mining in an open pit after removal of the
overburden. Used in the mining of iron ore
in the upper Midwest.
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The Auto Industry
automobile industry, the business of
producing and selling self-powered
vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks,
farm equipment, and other commercial
vehicles.
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The Big Three
Detroit based automobile manufacturer’s;
Ford Motor Company (Dearborn) General
Motor’s (Detroit) and Chrysler Corporation
(Auburn Hills…Owned by Fiat Motors, Italy)
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The Erie Canal
Erie Canal, artificial waterway, c.360 miles
long; connecting New York City with the
Great Lakes via the Hudson River.
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The Fur Trade
Beginning in the 1600s, voyageurs would
launch their canoes from Quebec to
transport trade goods thousands of miles
into First Nations lands, trading those
goods for furs valued in the east and
Europe.
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The Griffon
The first shipwreck was Le Griffon, the first
ship to sail the Great Lakes. Caught in a
storm while trading furs between Green Bay
and Michilimacinac; the ship sank on Lake
Michigan. The Griffon, built by French
explorer Robert La Salle, was last spotted
in September 1679 off the tip of the Door
Peninsula.
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The Keweenaw
is a county and a peninsula in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
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The Michigan Territory
was an organized territory of the United
States in the early 19th century, between
June 30, 1805 and January 26, 1837, at
which point it became Michigan, the 26th
state of the Union. Detroit was the
territorial capital.
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The Revolutionary War
The American victory against Great Britain
resulting in American Independence and
the establishment of the United States of
America.
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The Sault
The region located around Sault St Marie,
Michigan and Sault St Marie, Ontario.
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The Straits Area
Region in both the Upper and Lower
Peninsula’s of Michigan borders the Straits
of Mackinaw.
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The Sunrise Side
Lake Huron region of Michigan’s Lower
Peninsula. Regional Tourist
Slogan... Come to the Sunrise
Side!
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The Thumb
Region north of I-69 and east of I-75.
Known for its rural setting, many
Farms and small towns.
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The Timber Industry
Commercial harvesting of both soft and
hardwood trees for the production lumber,
paper production, etc.
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The Toledo Strip
Michigan Territory claimed the "Toledo
Strip," an area along its border with Ohio
near the Maumee River. Ohio, which was
already a state, also claimed the land.
Although Michigan and Ohio both sent
militia units to the area between 1835 and
1837- The Toledo Border War
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Tourism
The business or industry of providing
information, accommodations,
transportation, and other services to
tourists, especially for commercial
purposes.
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Township Range System
Accuracy of map location can be enhanced
for any area surveyed under the township
and range system of the Bureau of Land
Management. The organization of the
township-section system is based on the
definition of base lines and principle
meridians
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War of 1812
A war between Britain and the United
States, fought between 1812 and 1815.
The War of 1812 has also been called the
second American war for independence.
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“Up North”
Destination for weekend travelers in
Michigan. Traveling to any location in
Michigan in the Northern third of the Lower
Peninsula.
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Township
A unit of local government, usually a
subdivision of a county, found in most midwest and western states. a region or
district approximately 6 miles square (93.2
sq. km), containing 36 sections.
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Trading Post
a store established in an unsettled or thinly
settled region by a trader or trading
company to obtain furs and local products
in exchange for supplies, clothing, other
goods, or for cash.
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Tri-County Area
Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties in
SE Michigan.
50% of state
Population can
Found in three
Counties.
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U.P.
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan accounting
for nearly one-third of the land area but
only 3% of the population.
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Underground Railroad
U.S. History, before the abolition of slavery
a system used for helping fugitive slaves to
escape into Canada or other places of
safety through Michigan and New York.
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Unions
an organization of wage earners or salaried
employees for mutual aid and protection
and for dealing collectively with employers;
trade union.
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Upper Canada
a former British province in Canada 1791–
1840: now the southern part of Ontario
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Urban Blight
Condition resulting in run-down areas of a
city. Parts of Detroit that have become
outdated as buildings age and were
abandoned as population decreased.
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White Flight
The exodus of white Detroiters to the
Suburbs institutionalizing racial divisions in
SE Michigan that have only hardened since
the 1967 Riots in Detroit.
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Unit 12 Driving Question:
Understanding the rapidly changing Post-Cold
War world we live in today; how
has technology and its application to
everyday life fundamentally changed our
world….what next?
Unit 12 Project Based Learning
The ‘67’ Riots
Latent racial tensions exploded into rioting
in July 1967, killing 43 people and sending
thousands of white Detroiters to the
suburbs (white flight).
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Welland Canal
International shipping canal connecting the
Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean move
ships between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
bypassing Niagara Falls.
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Welcome to Michigan History
Unit Four PBL
What has the automobile industry
meant to Michigan’s past, and present
and what does the future hold?
Michigan History: PBL
Welcome to World History and Geography
Unit 2: The Global World Market:
Globalization…An Old Idea
How can our knowledge of the connections
between trade/exchange, resources, energy, and the
global economy in the past help us predict the future of
the global economy in the 21st Century?
Presentation Day
WHG Unit Two PBL