This document contains a lesson plan for a 3rd grade Michigan history class focusing on early settlers in Michigan. The lesson plan includes learning objectives, questions for students about how settlers may have traveled to Michigan from the East coast, links to videos and articles about pioneer life, and an assignment for students to write a letter from the perspective of a pioneer family arriving in Michigan.

1. Settlers in Michigan
3rd Grade-MI History
EDU 653
Alex Fowler

2. GLCEs
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H3.0.10 Create a timeline to sequence early Michigan history
(American Indians, exploration, settlement, statehood).
G4.0.3 Describe some of the current movements of goods, people,
jobs or information to, from, or within Michigan and explain reasons
for the movement.
G5.0.2 Describe how people adapt to, use and modify the natural
resources of Michigan.
SOURCE: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-14022709_28463-196282--,00.html

3. Question
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If you were going to take a trip to Green
Bay how would you get there?

4. Question
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What about Florida?
How do you think early settlers moved to
Michigan from the east coast?

5. Artifacts
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http://www.blackcreekartifacts.com/bcpv/detail/6
What do you think this was used for?
Let's brainstorm some ideas...

6. Ideas
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What are some things that come to mind
when you hear the word “pioneer”?

7. Pioneers
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Let's watch this clip from “Little House on
the Prairie” a television show about
pioneers in the Midwest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i69XFQkRetA

8. Pioneers in Michigan
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“During the 1830s the population of
Michigan grew quickly. In 1830, 27,000
people lived in Michigan. By 1840 more
than 212,00 people lived here. Most
pioneers arrived in Detroit from the East.”
(The Mitten, Dec. 2001).
Let's read more about MI pioneers :
http://scope.oakland.k12.mi.us/docs/SS/MI%20M

9. Michigan Today vs. Pioneer Time
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What are some major differences between
living in Michigan as a pioneer and today?

10. Michigan Settlers
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What would you like to do if you lived in
pioneer times?

11. Modern Michigan
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What are you glad we have today that they
didn't have in pioneer days?

12. Pioneer Lifestyles
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Which of the following pictures would fit in
with a pioneer's home?

13. Natural Resources
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Which of the following natural resources
would you find in Michigan as a pioneer?

14. Pioneer Life
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If you were a male what would your role be
in the family?

15. Pioneer Life
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If you were a female what would your role
be?

16. Assignment
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You are a pioneer. Your family just arrived
in Michigan on a wagon. You will write a
letter to a friend describing your new life in
here.

17. References
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All pictures used from C.C. Website:
www.pixabay.com
http://www.blackcreekartifacts.com/bcpv/detail/
http://scope.oakland.k12.mi.us/docs/SS/MI%20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i69XFQkRe