MiniPage activities meet many state and national educational standards.

MiniPage activities meet many state and national educational standards.
This week's standards: Students understand the interactions of people and their physical environment. (Social Studies: People, Places and Environments) Students understand how historical events, people, places and situations contribute to our understanding of the past. (Social Studies: Time, Continuity and Change)
Activities:
1. Pretend you work for a Detroit automaker. Design a new car. Write several sentences telling why your car is new and different.
2. Look for the names of new and used cars in the classified section of your newspaper. Count the number of Fords, Buicks and Dodges listed. Which brand has the most listings? Which brand has the least?
3. Why are these Michigan cities important: (a) Detroit, (b) Ann Arbor, (c) Dearborn, (d) Lansing and (e) Battle Creek?
4. Where would you go in Michigan if you wanted to (a) do underwater diving, (b) visit a waterfall, (c) see polar bears, (d) learn about a U.S. president and (e) see freshwater dunes?
5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about an early automaker. Use these questions to guide your research: When did the automaker become interested in cars? How did the automaker acquire money to build cars? What was different about the cars he developed? How many cars of that type were made? Is the brand of car still made?