INTEGRATED LITERACY ASSIGNMENT

TAYLOR DOREMIRE

3 – G4.0.1Describe major kinds of economic activity in

Michigan today, such as agriculture (e.g., corn, cherries, dairy), manufacturing (e.g., automobiles,

wood products), services and tourism, research and development (e.g., Automation Alley, life

sciences corridor, university communities), and explain the factors influencing the location of

these economic activities. (E)

PRIMARY SOURCES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS:

A product map of agricultural and manufacturing products that are created in Michigan.

How to Log a Forest

Ford's Model T

VIDEOS:• Pure Michigan's produce

and agriculture

• Automation Alley: Located in Troy, MI. Automation Alley is a technology business association devoted to developing and benefiting economic growth In MI, technological innovation and workforce development.

• Timber Harvest: About a 1950’s lumber camp, filmed by the Michigan department of Conservation.

PICTURE BOOKS, TEXT BOOKS, TRADE BOOKS!

About Michigan's regions and it’s valuable resources, and how it effects the economy.

This is a 3rd grade text book. Provides information on economy, resources, and tourism.

SONGSFolksong about Lumbering : This song is composed by Duane Starcher who wrote folksongs about Michigans history. His main purpose of his songs were for them to teach the history of Michigan. This song is titled Once More a-Lumbering Go.

http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/lumber/images/hauling.gif

ADDITIONAL WEBSITE'S:

• Hartwick Pines: 19th Century logging camp museum.

• A Look at Michigan Agriculture: Statistical data of Michigan Agriculture, associated with Agriculture Education which is an interactive site about agriculture.

• Lumbering in Michigan

•Henry Ford: All about Henry Ford and the Museum.

SOURCES USED: • Fix, A. (n.d.). All around michigan: Regions and resources. Retrieved from

http://www.capstonepub.com/product/9781403426765

• McConnell, D. (2009). Meet michigan. Hillsdale Educational Publishers. Retrieved from http://www.hillsdalepublishers.com/3gradetext.htm

• Metromode. (Producer) (2010). Welcome to automation alley [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.automationalley.com/page?pageid=a0E60000001JO9a

• Starcher, D. (2005). Woods and water. Retrieved from http://secondcello.com/michiganfolksongs/

• Ford's model t. (2004, Feburary). The Mitten, Retrieved from http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mitten_model-t.pdf

• Michigan's white pine era. (2003, January). The Mitten, Retrieved from http://seekingmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mitten_white-pine.pdf

• www. Vimeo.com

• http://seekingmichigan.org/

• http://www.michigan.org/pure-michigan-ads/

• http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/michigan_product_map.shtml

• www. Michigan.gov