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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. S3 Michigan History Welcome to Michigan History Taste of Michigan, ENJOY! S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Baseline A basic standard or level; guideline: to establish a baseline for future studies or measure. 8 Mile Road! S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History boom-and-bust Characteristic of a period of economic prosperity followed by a depression. S3 Michigan History Canadian Parliament 1. Canada’s Legislative Branch located in Ottawa. 2. In 1867, Canadian Confederation produced the Constitutional, establishing Canada as a constitutional monarchy. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Copper Country Counties of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where copper mining was a primary economic activity. S3 Michigan History County Seat The city or location of the seat of government of a county. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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”. S3 Michigan History Ethnic Group Pertaining to or characteristic of a people, especially a group sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like. S3 Michigan History Fermi II Michigan’s largest nuclear power plant located on Lake Erie near Monroe. Mi. S3 Michigan History Fishery’s 1. a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery. 2. a place where fish or shellfish are caught. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History I-75 Major north-south interstate highway in Michigan. Beginning in Sault Ste Marie, traversing the state to the Ohio border in Monroe County. S3 Michigan History I-94 Major east-west interstate highway in Michigan beginning in Port Huron, traversing the state to the Indiana border in St Joseph County. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Iron Ore A metal ore from which iron is extracted and steel is smelted. S3 Michigan History Isle Royale An island in Lake Superior: a part of Michigan; Michigan’s only national park. 208 sq. mi. (540 sq. km). S3 Michigan History Lower Peninsula The southern 2/3 of Michigan, south of the Straits of Mackinac. S3 Michigan History Labor Movement The effort of organized labor and its supporters to bring about improved conditions for the worker, as through collective bargaining. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Land Survey Legal description and determination of property or boundaries. 2. Establishment of borders and property lines. 1. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History “Loonie” Canadian dollar coin. S3 Michigan History Lower Canada Former name of Quebec province 1791– 1841. S3 Michigan History Lumberjack Any general person who works at lumbering or in the logging industry. S3 Michigan History 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 S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Missionaries A person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work. S3 Michigan History` 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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) S3 Michigan History Ottawa Capital of Canada, in SE Ontario. 304,462. Or a member of a tribe of Algonquian Indians of Canada, and Great Lakes region S3 Michigan History Peninsula an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland. S3 Michigan History Pioneers A person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others. S3 Michigan History Portage The carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another, or the route over which this is done. S3 Michigan History Prehistoric of or pertaining to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast… S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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 S3 Michigan History 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 S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Strip Mining Mining in an open pit after removal of the overburden. Used in the mining of iron ore in the upper Midwest. S3 Michigan History The Auto Industry automobile industry, the business of producing and selling self-powered vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks, farm equipment, and other commercial vehicles. S3 Michigan History 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) S3 Michigan History The Erie Canal Erie Canal, artificial waterway, c.360 miles long; connecting New York City with the Great Lakes via the Hudson River. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History The Keweenaw is a county and a peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History The Revolutionary War The American victory against Great Britain resulting in American Independence and the establishment of the United States of America. S3 Michigan History The Sault The region located around Sault St Marie, Michigan and Sault St Marie, Ontario. S3 Michigan History The Straits Area Region in both the Upper and Lower Peninsula’s of Michigan borders the Straits of Mackinaw. S3 Michigan History The Sunrise Side Lake Huron region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Regional Tourist Slogan... Come to the Sunrise Side! S3 Michigan History The Thumb Region north of I-69 and east of I-75. Known for its rural setting, many Farms and small towns. S3 Michigan History The Timber Industry Commercial harvesting of both soft and hardwood trees for the production lumber, paper production, etc. S3 Michigan History 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 S3 Michigan History Tourism The business or industry of providing information, accommodations, transportation, and other services to tourists, especially for commercial purposes. S3 Michigan History 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 S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History “Up North” Destination for weekend travelers in Michigan. Traveling to any location in Michigan in the Northern third of the Lower Peninsula. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Tri-County Area Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties in SE Michigan. 50% of state Population can Found in three Counties. S3 Michigan History U.P. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan accounting for nearly one-third of the land area but only 3% of the population. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History Unions an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union. S3 Michigan History Upper Canada a former British province in Canada 1791– 1840: now the southern part of Ontario S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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. S3 Michigan History 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). S3 Michigan History Welland Canal International shipping canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean move ships between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario bypassing Niagara Falls. S3 Michigan History 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