Michigan Time Traveler-Kids' History

The Michigan Time Traveler featured Michigan history topics for kids in a fun and lively newspaper page that appeared monthly in the Lansing State Journal. The Michigan Historical Center produced the Michigan Time Traveler for Lansing Newspapers in Education, Inc.

The Michigan Time Traveler began publication in August 2000. This page lists the topic and publication date of each Michigan Time Traveler edition in 2000. The teacher's guides are in PDF format, Adobe Acrobat Reader required. The newspaper pages are not available, but you may be able to obtain a black-and-white microfilm copy of the page through your library.

Teacher's guides include discussion questions and classroom activities. Some online guides include "bonus" resource pages. Guides with full-page images, such as maps and photos, will take longer to download.

• It's About Time. The millennium and thinking about tomorrow. (December 13, 2000)
  • December teacher's guide
• The Goodridge Brothers' Pictures. Turn-of-the century photos and stories from an African-American photo studio in Saginaw. (November 8, 2000)
  • November alternate content: Enterprising Images. The Goodridge Brothers, African American Photographers, 1847-1922 exhibit online tour
  • November teacher's guide
• Immigrants and Migrants Come to Michigan. U. P. iron miners, Korean adoptee, escapee from Nazi Germany and more. (October 11, 2000)
  • October teacher's guide
• Archaeology Tells It Like It Was. Shipwreck and plank road discoveries; be a 3001 archaeologist. (September 13, 2000)
  • September teacher's guide
• The 3Rs - 1890s Style. One-room schools and lessons in the late 19th century. (August 23, 2000)
  • August teacher's guide

Contact the Michigan Historical Center.

Updated 07/20/2010