Integrated Literary Assignment:

Relationships between American Indians in Michigan and the Settlers

By: Katie Bales

GLCEs

3-H3.0.5 Use informational text and visual data to compare how American Indians and settlers in the early history of Michigan adapted to, used, and modified their environment.

3-H3.0.6 Use a variety of sources to describe interactions that occurred between the American Indians and the first European explorers and settlers in Michigan.

Picture Books/Textbooks/Trade-books

The Wyandot, Huron, and Seneca Indians who once hunted and fished along the Huron River. The area started to grow and prosper when settlers discovered the fertile lands and waterpower of the Huron River. The power of the river attracted settlers to build and operate two sawmills, a flour mill, and a blacksmith shop.

Picture Books/Textbooks/Trade-books

Discover Michigan Michigan History For Kids

Maps

American Indians Settlers

Primary Sources

Native American village scene. From the St. Ignace, MI photograph collection. Portrait of Native American family. From the Michigan

M.E. Indian Sunday School

Poem

By: Will E. Hampton

Video

1818-1861: Frontier Settlement› http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9u2boWAy2E The Voyageurs- Men of the Fur Trade

Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqapXCjcmr8&playnext=1&list=PL1B2B3A8E6CA33EF6&feature=results_video

Web Sites

Students on Site› http://www.umich.edu/~

bhlumrec/programs_centers/artsofcitizenshipprogram/www.artsofcitizenship.umich.edu/sos/topics/native/index.htm

Bentley Historical Library- University of Michigan› http://

bentley.umich.edu/research/teaching/natamer.php The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and

Resource Book› http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/atlas/glat-ch1.html

Works Cited

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2008, July 24). Great lakes. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/atlas/glat-ch1.html

Flat rock. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738583518/Flat-Rock

Students on site. (2013). Retrieved from

http://www2.si.umich.edu/chico/sos/new/topics/trails.html

Bentley historical library university of Michigan. (2012, Dec. 13). Retrieved from

http://bentley.umich.edu/research/teaching/natamer.php

1818-1861: Frontier settlement. (2012, Feb. 18). Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9u2boWAy2E

Native American heritage- Michigan. (2012, May 16). Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=RqapXCjcmr8&playnext=1&list=PL1B2B3A8E6CA33EF6&feature=results_video

Works Cited Continued

Michigan history for kids. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.ebay.com/itm/Michigan-History-

Kids-Summer-2008-Native-Americans-/160956427440?pt=Magazines&hash=item2579c02cb0