Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS MICHIGAN LIBRARY LESSON
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
THIS MICHIGAN LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 56-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 18 recommended read-alouds that are set in Michigan (1 page)
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages)
- Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page)
- Prep, set up, tips (6 pages, PDF only)
- Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes CC, TEKS, and AASL Standards (2 pages)
- Instructions on how to set up PPT and Google Slides timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF only)
MICHIGAN LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES
- Michigan wildlife: gray wolf, bobcat, moose, chipmunk, striped skunk, wild turkey, muskrat
- ASL sign for “Michigan” and postal abbreviation “MI”
- Important cities in Michigan
- Michigan state flower: apple blossom
- Landforms: Great Lakes, Upper and Lower Peninsulas, inland lakes and ponds
- Places of Interest: Motown Museum, The Henry Ford, multiple lighthouses, Great Lakes Museum
- Shipwrecks in Great Lakes
- Michigan foods: Coney Island dog, pasty, cherries
- Vocabulary: omnivore, lake-effect snow, hibernate, Northwest Territory, freshwater, maraschino cherries, Motown music, Yoopers
- Climate
- Decline of Steel Belt / Rust Belt
- First Nations