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Bridging History: A Mackinac Island Story
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Digital Field Trips: Trips in Time with Janie Lynn Panagopoulos©
Bridging History: Mackinac Island
Lesson Plan
Subject
Mackinac Island, Michigan

Object and Goal
•  Students will become familiar with Mackinac Island, Michigan's visual and historical location.
•  Students will gain historical knowledge of Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Vocabulary
Annisnabeeg
British
ecologist
environment
explorers
French
fur
fur traders
Great Lakes
Georgian Bay
Indians
Metis
Woodland Indians

 Anticipatory Set (30 minutes)
•  Briefly explain what this lesson is about.
•  Ask students to define their understanding of the fur trade.
•  Ask students if they know the name or location of Mackinac Island, Michigan (Show Michigan map and location of the Great Lakes.)
 Direct Instructions:
Summary
Since the beginning of known time, Mackinac has been a place of environmental balance. First, providing protected fishing grounds for the Annisnabeeg and a safe hiding place for the Odawa.  In 1615, the first French explorers found their way from Canada into the Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. 

Explorers and Priests, LaSalle, Hennepin, Cadillac, Father Marquette, and Joliet, visited Mackinac Island while the French fur trade flourished.  By the 1700s, British fur traders entered the Great Lakes and up to Mackinac.  Shortly after the French and Indian War, the British took control of the Straits of Mackinac and, in 1780, began the plans for Fort Mackinac.

The fur trade continued under British control until after the American Revolution and War of 1812.  In 1815, the Treaty of Ghent forced the British from the Island, which had become American soil and part of the Northwest Territory. The same year, John Jacob Astor formed the American Fur Trade Company.

 In 1875, Mackinac Island became the nation's second National Park (Yellowstone being the first).  The National Park was disbanded in 1895, and all Federal property was given to the state of Michigan, forming Michigan’s first state park.

View Straits of Mackinac Timeline at www.jlpanagopoulos.com (This page)

Guided Practice (60 minutes)
•  Have students view Digital Field Trips: Bridging History: Mackinac Island Story.
•  Discuss the video
•  View again, if necessary, to look for different information.
•  What did students notice, while looking at a map, the location of Mackinac Island?
•  View primary source documents and websites concerning the Island and the fur trade.
 Independent Practice
Closure
  Ask students:
1.    What bodies of water are on either side of the Straits of Mackinac?
2.    Have Native Americans always visited or lived on Mackinac Island?
3.    Do Native Americans still live on Mackinac Island?
4.    Did the Native Americans get along better with the French or the British?
5.    What do they call a child who is part French and part Native American?
6.    Is Mackinac Island currently a National Park or a State Park?
 Links
Fur Trade in the Great Lakes: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/founders/sitec23.htm
Mackinac Island State Park: http://www.mackinacparks.com/mackinac-island-state-park/
Books
A Place Called Home: A Mill Creek Story, by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
Mark of the Bear Claw (Pontiac’s Rebellion in Michigan) by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
Traders in Time: A Dream Quest Adventure (fur trade) by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
ORDER BOOKS At: River Road Publications: riverroadpublications.com

Straits of Mackinac Timeline
Compiled by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos©
14,000     Glaciers retreated from the Straits
10,000     First known Native Americans live in the Straits
1634        Fur trading began in the Great Lakes
1641        First French Missionary, Fr. Raymbault, est. mission at St. Ignace
1650        Iroquois chase Hurons & Ottawa from Georgian Bay to Mackinac
1653        Iroquois warriors chase Hurons through the Straits
1665        First Jesuit, Father Allouez, visits Mackinac Island
1666        Iroquois defeated at Pt. Iroquois
1670        Father Marquette and Father Dablo built the Mackinac Island mission -  The first mention of Michilimackinac in Europe by Fr. Allouez
1671        Mission at St. Ignace established
1671-73   Father Marquette, priest at the Straits
1672        Joliet arrives at Mission of St. Ignace to explore with Marquette
1672-73   Joliet and Marquette leave St. Ignace to Wisconsin River
1673-83   Father Pierson, the priest at the Straits
1673-83   Father Nouvel, a priest at the Straits
1675        Father Marquette dies along Lake Michigan
1683-86   Father Potier, the priest at the Straits
1677        Father Enjalran, the priest at the Straits
1678        Fort built at St. Ignace to protect the fur trade
1679        LaSalle’s ship, the Griffin, arrives at St. Ignace
1680-81   Father Hennepin, a priest at the Straits -  Father Carheil, the priest at the Straits          
1683        Father Bailloquet priest at the Straits - Fur trade cut off by raiding Iroquois
1685        Michilimackinac made the military center of Northwest
1688-’06  Father Marest, the priest at the Straits
1690        Cadillac builds Fort DuBaude at St. Ignace
1690        Local Indians were persuaded not to side with the English & Iroquois
1694        Cadillac made commander at Fort DuBaude
1700        Mission church at St. Ignace destroyed by fire
1701        Cadillac moves soldiers from St. Ignace and founds Detroit
1705        Jesuits abandon the Mission at St. Ignace
1714-15   French built Fort Michilimackinac, and a Mission was established there
1754-61   French and Indian War, British take control of the Straits
1761        Ezekiel Solomon, the first known Jewish person to live in Michigan, arrives
1763        Ft. Michilimackinac in connection with Pontiac’s Rebellion
1764        British return to Michilimackinac
1765-68   Maj. Rogers command Ft. Michilimackinac
1774-79    Maj. De Peyster commandant at Michilimackinac    
1776         American Revolution begins
1779-1781  Ft. Michilimackinac burned, and the fort moved to Mackinac Island
1779        Lieut.-Gov. Sinclair arrives at Mackinac
1780        Robert Campbell builds Mill Creek to help build island fort - Old Chapel from Michilimackinac taken to Island, Astor Street
1781       Indians sold Mackinac Island to the British for 5,000 pounds  - Madame LaFramboise born
1783        American Revolution ends  - English refuse to leave Fort Mackinac
1787       Northwest Territory Organized
1789       George Washington President
1795       English leave Fort Mackinac
1796       Fort Mackinac turned over to American forces
1797       John Adams President
1801       Thomas Jefferson President
1802       Rev. Bacon at Mackinac, the first Protestant to preach on the island
1809       James Madison President - American Fur Co. est.
1812       War of 1812, the British captured the island and fort
1814       American’s defeated while trying to take back Mackinac Island
1815       End of War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent returns for to the  U.S.
1817       James Monroe President
1819       Stuart manages the American Fur Co. on the Island
1822       Alexis St. Martin shot and saved by Dr. Beaumont
1823       First Protestant Mission est. on Mackinac Island Ferry
1825       John Quincy Adams President
1825       First Protestant Mission School est. on the Island
1829       Andrew Jackson President
1830       Fishing replaces the fur trade as a resource business
1831       Mission Church built and dedicated
1833       Schoolcraft becomes Indian ages for the U.S. on Mackinac Island
1834       Rev. Ferry leaves Mission on Mackinac Island to Grand Haven - Ramsay Crook becomes President of the American Fur 
1837       Martin Van Buren President
1841       William Henry Harrison President
1841       John Tyler President
1842       St. Andrews Parish starts on the Island
1845       James K. Polk President
1846       Madame LaFramboise dies April 4th.
1849       Zachary Taylor President
1850       Millard Fillmore President
1853       Franklin Pierce President
1857       James Buchanan
1861       Abraham Lincoln President - Civil War begins, and soldiers at Ft. Mackinac leave to fight
1865       Andrew Johnson President
1866       Tourists begin to visit Mackinac Island
1869        Ulysses S. Grant President
1875       Mackinac National Park was created, second in the Nation
1877       Rutherford B. Hayes President
1881       James A. Garfield President Chester A. Arthur V. President - Passenger ferry service est. to Mackinac Island
1882       County Seat transferred from Mackinac Island to St. Ignace
1883       Telegraph est. between Mackinac Island and St. Ignace
1885       Grover Cleveland President
1887       Grand Hotel built
1888       Railroad transfer steamer “St. Ignace” arrives in Mackinac
1889       Benjamin Harrison President
1893       Grover Cleveland President, again!
1894       Old Mission Church repaired and restored
1894       Soldiers leave Fort Mackinac for the last time
1895       Fort Mackinac became Mackinac State Park. The State Park Commission controls 95% of Mackinac Island
1895       William McKinley President
1957       Mackinaw Bridge was built
 

 
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  • Home/Books by JLPanagopoulos
    • J. L. Panagopoulos Bio
    • Top Reasons to use Books by JL Panagopoulos in your Classroom
    • River Road Publication >
      • Traders in Time: A Dream-Quest Adventure
      • Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp
      • Erie Trail West
      • North to Iron Country
      • Train to Midnight
      • Mark of the Bear Claw
      • Little Ship Under Full Sail: An Adventure in History
      • A Faraway Home: An Orphan Train Story
      • A Place Called Home: Michigan's Mill Creek Story
      • Castle at the Straits: History of the Inhabitants of the Straits of Mackinac
      • Calling the Griffin
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    • Writing >
      • Grandma's Grammar
      • Writing Tips
      • Be a Wordsmith and Collect Words
      • Our Favorite Things!
      • Collect
      • The History of Language
      • Graphic Organizer: Create You Own!
      • 7 Words of Communication
      • Editing
      • Writing a Simple Story
      • Students Writing: Write a Story!
      • Write a Haiku
    • Research >
      • Great Lakes Educational Links
      • Historical Research
      • Thought Research
      • Know your Sources
      • Primary Source Links
      • Citing Online Resources
      • Great Lake Research Links
      • Timeline
      • Google Earth Files
      • Lumbering Background and Links
    • Traders in Time Vocabulary Lesson
    • Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp Vocabulary Lesson
    • Appomattox Courthouse
    • John Brown at Harper's Ferry
    • Fredericksburg
    • Bridging History: Mackinac Island
    • Videos