Social Studies News!
Mr. Donnellon's 3rd Grad Social Studies Classes
Social Studies:
We are well into our unit on Michigan History. We looked at the development of Waterford through a Historian's lens, looking at both primary and secondary sources and artifacts. We then answered the questions:
- What happened?
- When did it happen?
- Who was involved?
- Why did it happen? (This last question looks at cause/effect relationships.)
We have also looked at the prehistoric Native Americans found in Michigan and studied the reasons they came and settled here. Now we will begin looking at the Native American groups known as the "Three Fires", studying their common culture and how each of the groups specialized in different things which allowed them to settle in different environments/areas of Michigan.