Michigan+History

=Michigan Textbook =

Chapter 5 Lesson 1, pg. 109 - 113 TLW explain the causes of the American Revolution. TLW explain how present-day Michigan became part of the new country. Input 1. Preteach key vocabulary--frontier, tax, American Revolution 2. Read and discuss Lesson, discuss the key vocabulary as you go. 3. Have students sketch the fort on pg. 112. Discuss how the fort was under four different flags. They can pick which flag they sketch. Give them only 5 minutes to sketch. 4. Model how to look up the key vocabulary in the glossary. Have students write down the definition. They need to write the word down, underline it, and write its definition. Everything must be spelled correctly. Collect this and grade it. 5.



Chapter # 6
Pg. 132-137 (This should take 2-3 days.) Read and discuss out loud. (Ask good questions.) Do Key Vocabulary (Students look the words up in the glossary on pg. 333. Use a half sheet because there's only two words.) I also have the kids "act out" the Erie Canal. They stand in the room and some are the barge, some are the horses and we pull them down the canal made by the kids. They really enjoy this. Also, I make them go home and find out where their ancestors are from. They share the next day which country their ancestors are from such as Ireland, Germany, etc. This goes along well with pg. 13. I show the Dear America movie......Stress that the immigrants had to endure hardships to experience the American Dream.

pg.138-139 (This should take 1 day.) Read and discuss and answer the questions at the end orally. Worksheet "Using Line and Circle Graphs" T-24

pg. 140-143 (This should take 1 day.) Read and discuss out loud. (Ask good questions.) Draw the log cabin on pg. 141. They need to draw everything and label the jobs each person does. Give a grade on this.

pg. 144-149 (This should take 1 day.) Read and discuss.

pg. 151-154 (This should take 1-2 days.) Read and discuss Do Key Vocabulary for the words industry and subsistence farmer. (Use the glossary on pg. 333) There is a film on Michigan Lumbering called... Do the following worksheets, one of these can be sent home for homework. They need to be done at the end of the chapter. Talking with a Michigan Pioneer pg. T-23 Using New Words pg. T-25

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