SOCIAL STUDIES

WHAT IS A STATE?

• geographers study small places like
• communities and big places like states
• and countries

MICHIGAN AND THE THEME OF LOCATION

• The absolute location of the place.
• your address is absolute location of
• your house.
• The relative location of a place means
• where the place is in relation of other people

MICHIGAN'S NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Natural (physical)characteristics include landforms,
• bodies of water,vegetation and climate

MICHIGAN'S VEGETATION AND CLIMATE

• Forests and orchards are important types
• of vegetation in Michigan.
• Michigan's climate has four seasons and is
• influenced by the Great Lakes.

MICHIGAN'S HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS

• Human characteristics are often connected
• to natural (physical) characteristics. For
• example, people often build bridges across
• rivers and cities next to rivers.

MICHIGAN'S NATURAL RESOURCES

• Important natural resources of Michigan
• include trees,fertile soil, the Great lakes and other
• bodies of water and minerals.
• It is important for people to use natural resources
• wisely.

MICHIGAN AND THEME OF HUMAN

• people modified the environment of Michigan
• by polluting the Great Lakes and rivers.

MICHIGAN AND A THEME OF MOVEMENT

• The Great lakes are very important in moving goods
• within, to and out of Michigan.
• Sometimes things move into an area that people dont
• like zebra muscles.

MICHIGAN AND THE THEME OF REGIONS

• Michigan belongs to U.S. regions such as
• the Midwest Region and the Great Lakes
• Region.

USING RESOURCES TO PRODUCE GOODS AND SERVICES IN MICHIGAN

• An entrepreneur is someone who combines
• the natural,human and capital resources
• to produce goods or services.

SCARCITY,CHOICE, AND OPPURTUNITY COST

• Scarcity results because resources
• are limited and human wants are
• unlimited.

MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY TODAY

• important economic activities
• of Michigan include manufacturing
• agriculture,mining and tourism.

SPECILIZATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE

• Interdependence they become
• Michigan exports like cars to other people
• Michigan imports goods like computers
• and bananas from other places.

MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY FUTURE

• It will take entrepreneurs, new
• ideas, and good use of resources
• to help Michigan's economy grow
• in the future

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY

• The state government provides public
• goods and services such as state parks,
• highways, and state police. To pay for these
• public goods and services the state government
• collects money from taxes,fees, and fines

AMERICAN INDIANS IN MICHIGAN

• the very first Native Americans in Michigan
• Michigan long,long ago. They left behind
• artifacts like spear points and arrowhead

TRADITIONAL STORIES OF MICHIGAN INDIANS

• Stories were used to teach
• lessons,to explain things and
• to pass along history.

THE FRENCH IN MICHIGAN

• The french and American indians
• interacted in many ways. for example,
• they traded with each other, they sometimes
• married each other, and learned from
• each other.

THE BRITISH IN MICHIGAN

• Competition for the fur trade
• led to a war between France
• and Britain.

MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT IN MICHIGAN

• Pioneers coming to
• Michigan in the early 1800s
• had many challenges
• to overcome

BECOMING A STATE

• Steamboats and the Erie Canal
• caused more people to move
• and settle in Michigan