INTEGRATED LITERACY

ASSIGNMENT

By: Justine DeBoer

GLCE

3-G4.0.1• Describe 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.

BOOKS

“M is for Michigan: A Michigan Alaphabet”

“Michigan (Hello USA)”

“All Around Michigan: Regions and Resources (State Studies: Michigan)”

“Look and See With Me: Michigan”

LESSON PLANS

Immediately Michigan• Automobile industry• Agriculture- cherries

MAGAZINES

The Mitten• Michigan’s Cereal City• Copper

POETRY

From “Great Lakes Rhythm and Rhyme” http://issuu.com/poetrylady/docs/funny-poems-for-free/9?e=0

WEBSITES

Michigan Dairy facts http://

michigandairynewsbureau.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=7

A to Z Kids Stuff http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/mi.html

Lumbering In Michigan http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/lumber/index.html

Mining In Michigan http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/mining/index.html

MAP

MUSIC

CD: A Curious Glimpse of Michigan http://

www.cdbaby.com/cd/hippkammeraad/from/atozkids

“Michigan is a super state”http://freesongsforkids.com/audios/michigan-super-state

VIDEOS

How a Car is Built

Michigan Logging

CITATIONS (1995). How a Car is Built [Motion picture]. Think Media.(2007). The Era of Logging. On A Curious Glimpse of Michigan [Online sound recording]. Cooperfly Records. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hippkammeraad/from/atozkids

(2011 ). [Image]. Mennonite Central Committee. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://www.worldcommunitycookbook.org/season/guide/corn.html 7 ways to address Michigan's tech job gap (2013, April 16). In Detroit Unspun . Photo retrieved from: http://blog.thedetroithub.com/2013/04/16/7-ways-to-address-michigans-tech-job-gap/

Appleford, A. (1999). M Is For Mitten: A Michigan Alphabe. N.p.: Sleeping Bear Press. Retrieved from: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/michigan/kids-books/Bennett McNeely, G. (1994). Immediately Michigan (pp. 22-24). Ann Arbor, MI: Historical Society of Michigan.

Copper. (2002, January). The Mitten.Fix, A. (2003). All Around Michigan: Regions and Resource. N.p.: Heinemann. Retrieved from: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/michigan/kids-books/Links to Food Fun (2010). In Michigan Kids! . Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://www.michigan.gov/kids/0,4600,7-247-49067-52409--,00.html Lumbering in Michigan (2010). In Michigan Department of Natural Resources . Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/lumber/index.html Michigan (2011 ). In A to Z Kids Stuff . Retrieved October 13, 2013 from http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/mi.html

Michigan's Cereal City. (2002, February). The Mitten.Michigan Dairy Facts. In Michigan and dairy News Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://michigandairynewsbureau.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=7

Michigan Logging [Motion picture]. Upper Midwest Media .Mining in Michigan (n.d.). In Michigan Department of Natural Resources . Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://www.hal.state.mi.us/mhc/museum/explore/museums/hismus/prehist/mining/index.html Rodgers, D. River Road Publications. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://www.amazon.com/Great-Lakes-Rhythm-Denise-Rodgers/dp/0938682806 and http://issuu.com/poetrylady/docs/funny-poems-for-free/9?e=1661400/5198286

Rodgers, D. (n.d.). Michigan is a Super State . On A Curious Glimpse of Michigan [Online sound recording]. River Road Publications. Retrieved October 13, 2013, from http://freesongsforkids.com/audios/michigan-super-state Sirvaitis, K. (2002). Michigan (Hello USA). N.p.: First Avenue Editions. Retrieved from: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/michigan/kids-books/Wargin, K. (2011 ). Look and See With Me: Michigan. N.p.: Sleeping Bear Press.  Retrieved from: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa-states/michigan/kids-books/