Age group: Students in grades pre-K to 12 Program duration: 90 minutes Fee: $2 per child ($30 minimum) Max. participants: 30
Theme Excursions provide an in-depth study of Michigan history from a thematic perspective. Each excursion includes time in relevant museum galleries and a creative, hands-on activity that reinforces what has been learned.
Find out more about the excursions available for the following teaching levels:
Enjoy a story and explore Grandma's trunk. Each object holds memories of times past.
Growing Up in Michigan (Grades 1 to 3)
Card wool, clean a rug, haul "water" and much more as you learn what it was like to grow up on a farm in rural Michigan. Discover the similarities and differences in a child's life today and that of a 19th-century child.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker ? My Community, Then & Now (Grades 2 and 3)
Meet the people who work in our community now and those who played important roles in communities of the past. What tools do they use to get things done? How have jobs and communities changed?
Dig into Michigan's mining heritage. Discover what it was like to work in the early copper and iron mines of the Upper Peninsula. Try your hand at "cookie mining."
From Furs to Frying Pans
Travel through time and delve into the concept of trade from the 17th through the 21st century. Explore the ups and downs of Michigan's money matters—from beaver pelts to the B-24 and beyond.
Michigan's First Peoples
Discover our state's early inhabitants and the important contributions Native Americans have made. Create a pot in traditional style.
Tall Pines and Shanty Boys
Explore life in the lumber camp as you learn how "green gold" changed Michigan's history and its economy. Learn "loggers' lingo" and find products made from trees.
Thousands of Michigan citizens participated in World War II, both at home and abroad. Meet the men, women and children who lived through the war years and helped to make Michigan The Arsenal of Democracy.
Movers and Seekers:The Stories of Michigan's Immigrants
Why would someone leave his home to move to a new place? What would he bring and what was left behind? What attracted people to settle in Michigan? Students will "pack a bag" and learn about Michigan's cultural heritage through the stories of its immigrants.
Three Centuries of African American History
A spellbinding journey through the history of African Americans in Michigan. From the early fur trade to the 21st century, you will meet inventors, businessmen, statesmen and entertainers who were significant in creating our state's rich heritage.
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