State Exploration Assignment 5

Michigan's nickname is The Wolverine State. The reason is that the Native  Americans would trade wolverine skins with the French explorers. Wolverines don't really live in Michigan. Native Americans got the skins from Canada and brought them to Michigan.

I don't know who named it The Wolverine State and I don't know when.

I found an interesting story that I never heard before. Well, there was an old man that owned a tavern. He was called the "Old Coon." When people came he would tell his wife Sally to make wolf steaks. One time a young guest asked if she was really eating wolf steaks and he said yes she was. She said, "Then that would make me a wolverine," and he said, "Yes, it would ." So  the settlers started calling themselves wolverines.

Michigan is also called The Great Lakes State because it is surrounded by three of the great lakes.

~Allyson

Homeschool Kids Write Assignment #1

What are the pros and cons of being homeschooled? What do you like best? Why? What do you like least? Why?

I like everything about homeschooling because I love to learn, I am a Bookworm, and I get to spend more time with my family. I can't think of anything I don't like about homeschooling.

~Allyson

State Exploration Assignment 4

State Flower:Apple blossom


State Bird:Robin


State Tree:White pine


Soil: Kalkaska sand


Agriculture: Dry black beans, blueberries, pickling cucumbers, flowering hanging baskets, impatiens and geraniums.


Industry: Manufacturing, Tourism, Agriculture




~Allyson

State Exploration Assignment 3

Ralph J. Bunche statesman
Bruce Catton historian
Roger Chaffee astronaut
Thomas E. Dewey politician
Edna Ferber novelist
Nelson Algren novelist
William Boeing, Sr. airplane manufacturer
Ralph J. Bunche statesman
Gerald Ford former president
Henry Ford industrialist
Ring Lardner writer
Charles A. Lindbergh aviator
Terry McMillan author
John N. Mitchell attorney general
Chief Pontiac Ottawa chief
Potter Stewart jurist
William E. Upjohn pharmaceuticals manufacturer

~Allyson

State Exploration Assignment 2

The name Michigan probably means "Great Waters." It is a Native American word. Around 1670, different Jesuit missionaries wrote about a lake called "Machihiganing," "Mitchiganons" and similar names. In 1697 the man who founded Detroit called the lake "Michigan." In the mid-1700s, people began calling the lake between Wisconsin and Michigan "Lake Michigan." In 1784 Thomas Jefferson wanted to call what is now Wisconsin "Michigania," but his bill was never passed. In 1805, the Michigan territory was created. It was named after Lake Michigan.

I got some information from:

Fact Monster

"Michigan at 200"

~Allyson

State Exploration Assignment 1

The Michigan state flag was adopted in 1911. On the flag there is a blue shield that says "TUEBOR," which means "I will defend." The shield has a picture of a man holding up a gun. Above the shield is a Bald Eagle holding an olive branch with three arrows on it. Above the Eagle is a red ribbon that says "E PLURIBUS UNUM," which represents The United States motto: "out of many, one." On one side of the shield is a Moose and on the other side is an Elk, which means "I will defend." At the bottom are two white ribbons that say "SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM," and "CIRCUM SPICE," which means, "If you are seeking a pleasant peninsula, look around you."

I got my information from:

Michigan Flag Printout

Michigan State Flag

Michigan (U.S.)

I got my flag picture at Animated U.S. State Flags

~Allyson

Upnorth

I am up north with my grandparents and my brothers and sister. Our parents left us up here for a week. It is so fun. We have to go home  Saturday. My grandparents dog has had 4 seizures since we came up. Could you please pray for her.
Thank you.

~Allyson