Washington elementary school 2015 social studies fair michigan history day theme: leadership & legacy in history
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MICHIGAN HISTORY DAY THEME: LEADERSHIP & LEGACY IN HISTORY** **This year students will do research and create a project about a person or group of people whose actions in the past have had a lasting impact on Michigan, the U.S., or the World. This is different than a biography report on a person’s life. Students should focus on specific actions that this person took in their lifetime, and how those actions affect our lives today. This list emphasizes people who are connected to our 4th and 5th grade standards, but you may certainly look beyond this list. Find a topic that interests and excites you. This list is just the beginning! TOPIC IDEAS Etienne Brule, French explorer – first European explorer to explore Michigan John Johnston (1762–1828) , Sault Ste. Marie fur trader. Susan Johnston, Native American woman married to John Johnston Jacques Marquette, Jesuit priest, established first mission at Sault Sainte Marie, MI Douglass Houghton (copper mining in Keweenaw Peninsula) Bishop Frederic Baraga "Chief" Okemos, (adopted "John" aka John Okemos) , Native American tribal leader Tecumseh, Shawnee chief who tried to organize Native Americans to slow the advance of American settlement. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, United States Indian agent noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River Andrew Blackbird, Ottawa leader, historian and negotiator in the Treaty of 1855 (born in Harbor Springs) Pontiac, Native American chief and war leader (born near the Detroit River) Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, Brigadier General in the War of 1812, 1848 Democratic Party presidential nominee, governor of Michigan Territory (born in New Hampshire; moved to Michigan when appointed governor) Steven T. Mason, first governor of MI Chase S. Osborn, former SSM newspaperman and postmaster. Former governor of MI. Charles T. Harvey, Soo Locks Horace Elgin Dodge, Automobile manufacturer, Machinist John Francis Dodge, Automobile manufacturer, Machinist James Anthony Bailey, (born James Anthony McGuiness) Impresario, Formed Barnum & Bailey Circus Elijah McCoy, Inventor, “the Real McCoy” Thomas Edison, Inventor Henry Ford, Industrialist, Founder: Ford Motor Company Berry Gordy, Jr., Businessman, Founder: Motown Record Corporation Will Keith Kellogg, Businessman, Inventor Iven Carl "Kinch" Kincheloe, Jr. , Air Force Pilot Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Aviator, first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean William Boeing, aviation pioneer, founder of Boeing Company (born in Detroit) Ransom E. Olds, automobile manufacturer; founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company (born in Geneva, Ohio, long-time resident of Lansing) Erastus Hussey, abolitionist and leading Underground Railroad stationmaster (from Battle Creek) Sojourner Truth, abolitionist (lived in Battle Creek) Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth president, led the country during the Civil War Sarah Emma Edmonds, Union spy and soldier who famously disguised herself as a man (born in, New Brunswick, Canada; moved to Flint) Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (born in Tuskegee, Alabama; moved to Detroit Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights leader Jackie Robinson, baseball legend, first African American to play in the Major Leagues Aretha Franklin, singer known as "The Queen of Soul" (born in Memphis, Tennessee; raised in Detroit) Stevie Wonder, Famous “Motown” musician from Detroit Anna Howard Shaw, Leader of the women’s rights movement in Michigan. Worked to change the Michigan Constitution to allow women to vote. Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States, advocate of breast cancer early detection and chemical dependency treatment (born in Chicago; raised in Grand Rapids) Gerald R. Ford, US President (born in Omaha, Nebraska; raised in Grand Rapids) Senator Carl Levin William Penn, Quaker leader who founded the colony of Pennsylvania Chief Powhatan, helped the English settlement at Jamestown. Pocahontas, Daughter of Chief Powhatan, marriage to John Rolfe led to the “Peace of Pocahontas” John Adams, 2nd President of the U.S., member of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin, Writer, inventor, scientist, signer of the Declaration of Independence, delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of U.S. and author of the Declaration of Independence. Responsible for the purchase of Louisiana from France. Francis Scott Key, Writer of the “Star spangled Banner” in 1812, which became our National Anthem. Pierre L’Enfant, designed the plan for Washington, DC. George Washington, First president of the U.S.; Fought for the British in the French and Indian War; led the Continental Army in the American Revolution Christopher Columbus, Italian sea captain. Sailed for Spain and in 1492 reached and named the West Indies Clara Barton, Nurse for the Union during the Civil War. Later founded the American Red Cross Jefferson Davis, US Senator who became president of the Confederate States of America Johannes Gutenberg, German printer whose invention of movable spread learning Mary Ludwig Hays, American patriot known as “Molly Picher.” Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth president, led the country during the Civil War Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth president, led the country during the Civil War Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist, Underground Railroad Conductor, Spy for the Union Army during the Civil War Lucretia Mott, Abolitionist and women’s rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Abolitionist and women’s rights leader Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the U.S., created “New Deal” programs during the Great Depression. Led our country during World War II. Eleanor Roosevelt and the UN Declaration of Human Rights Nelson Mandela and the Fight for Equality in South Africa Lilly Ledbetter, leader of efforts to gain equal pay for women Theodore Roosevelt and the building of the Panama Canal Billy Graham and his use of television to promote religious ideals General Anna Mae Hayes, leader of the Army Nurse Corps Directory: cms -> lib lib -> Security Survey lib -> 1. naclo 2015 – North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad lib -> 1. naclo 2017 – North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad lib -> Chem I honors Unit 2 Notes: Numbers in Chemistry Measurement lib -> Sanderson High School ap human Geography Summer Assignment 2016 lib -> Find fantastic ousd elementary music programs lib -> American Studies Pacing Calendar 2014-2015 lib -> The ap history Timeline 8000bce-the Present lib -> Absolutism in Europe Download 32.94 Kb. Share with your friends:
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