2. Marquette Marquette Michigan is on the southern shore of Lake Michigan in the Upper Peninsula Marquette is home to Northern Michigan University Marquette is home to the beautiful Marquette light house and Presque Isle Point Rock
4. Sault Sainte Marie Sault Sainte Marie is famous for the Soo Locks they are one of the largest waterway traffic systems in the United States Lake Huron, Michigan, and Superior all empty into Salute Sainte Marie The Soo offers something for everyone, from shopping to endless outdoor activities
6. Mackinaw Island Mackinaw Island is the one place in Michigan that is not operated by auto mobile. Tourists either walk, use horse and buggy or bike Mackinaw Island is home to many sailboat races throughout the summer It is also famous for the Grand Hotel The Mackinaw Bridge connects Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsula’s
8. Traverse City Michigan Traverse City is home to the Cherry Festival. The Cherry Festival is held every summer, Traverse City produces larges amounts of the United States Cherries Traverse City has two peninsulas off of it Old Mission and the Leelanau Peninsula Traverse City has 180 miles of beaches Each season can offer something different in Traverse City from shopping, skiing, and golfing
10. Grand Rapids Michigan Grand Rapids is a larger city on the West side of Michigan, it’s a big city with a small town atmosphere Every fall Grand Rapids is the home to Art Prize, more than 250,000 artists and spectators visit Art Prize Grand Rapids is only a few minutes away from Lake Michigan
12. Lansing Michigan Lansing is the state capital of Michigan It is directly in the center of our lower peninsula Our state capital building is located in Lansing Lansing is home to Michigan State University !! SPARTY ON
14. Detroit Michigan Detroit Michigan, is the largest city located in Michigan Detroit was once the automotive capital of the world There are plenty of attractions in Detroit from shopping, visiting Greek Town, or even catching a Wings game
16. Lexington Michigan Lexington is a harbor village on the shores of Lake Huron Lexington is only an hour away from Detroit and is located in the thumb of Michigan It has a small town atmosphere with plenty to do Beaching, golfing, and shopping attract people to this quaint town
18. Lesson Plans Go over this power point as an introduction to Michigan History. Let students get the feel of the many different places that form this great state. Have students make a list of their favorite places to visit in Michigan. Give students a map of Michigan… let them brainstorm and find a city they may be interested in.
19. Lesson Plans Continued Finally have students pick a city. Once they have found a city they are interested in, have them do research on that particular city . Have students make a poster or power point of the city they choose . Once finished the students will present their city to the class. Good for grades 3-6
20. Work Cited Slide "Select a Michigan City or Region." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. http://www.michigan.org/Places-to-Go/Locations/State/Default.aspx . City of Marquette - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G3695>. City of Sault Sainte Marie - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G352 "City of Mackinac Island - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G3265. "City of Traverse City - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G3602>. "City of Grand Rapids - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G3095 "City of Lansing - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G3233>. . "City of Detroit - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G2974>. "City of Lexington - Pure Michigan Travel." Home - Pure Michigan Travel. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. <http://www.michigan.org/City/Default.aspx?city=G3245>.
21. Work Cited Continued Pictures from slides 3,5,7,9,11,13,15 and 17 were taken from http://www.michigan.org/
