• WELCOME TO SOCIAL STUDIES!

  
  The first Social Studies topic we will look at this year is the State of Michigan and its first people.
  We will look at Michigan's geography and the early American Indians that lived in the region.
  
  Please open your textbook to pages 2 and 3.
  The body of water you see in the picture is a small portion of Lake Superior.
  Can you determine what season it might be at the time this photo was taken?
  
  Please read the quote on page 2 by George Copley, Ojibway.
  What do you think it reveals about American Indians that they tell stories about their natural environment?
  
  Now, please turn to pages 4 and 5 of your textbook to meet some of the 'People Who Made a Difference.'
  Please take the time to look at the portraits and read the names and short summary about each of these people who made a differfence in promoting an understanding of early life in the Great Lakes region.
  
  You can also look at the timeline presented at the bottom of pages 4 and 5, which shows when each of the men on page 4 lived. (The people on page 5 are still living.)
  
  "Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was one of the first people to study and write about American Indian culture. As a young man, he traveled to Missouri where he studied the rocks, stones, and landscape. He married a half-Ojibway woman, learned the Ojibway language, and became fascinated with the Ojibway life and culture. He wrote books about Ojibway folklore." 
  
  "Andrew Blackbird was the son of an Odawa chief who was living on the northern shores of Lake Huron when white settlers arrived in Michigan. In his 1887 book called History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, he records his own life, the life of his family, and the history of his people."
  
  Iwill tell you more about the people pictured on page 5 tomorrow.
  
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