Social Studies News!
Test Scheduled for Thursday, December 14 will be on Friday
FYI
Due to the snow day, the final test over the "Geography of Michigan" will take place on Friday, December 15. Please remind students to look over their study guides.
Our next unit is on Michigan History. We will begin the unit by looking at the development of Waterford through a Historian's lens, looking at both primary and secondary sources and artifacts. We will then answer the questions:
- What happened?
- When did it happen?
- Who was involved?
- Why did it happen? (This last question looks at cause/effect relationships.)
Next we review the prehistoric Native American groups found in Michigan and the reasons they came and settled here. Once that wraps up we study the Native American groups known as the "Three Fires" by 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.