• Learn Unique Approaches to Teaching Michigan History

• Group Tours
There are many different ways your group can explore the past at the Michigan Historical Center's Michigan Historical Museum.

• Home School Programs
The Michigan Historical Museum offers monthly educational programs for home school. See the new 2011-2012 schedule!

• 50 Essential Michigan History Books
The works on this list were selected by a team of noted historians.

• A Museum-Goer's Bibliography
Books for teachers, group leaders and kids about museums and visiting them.

• First Archaeology, First History Book Suggestions
Books that will introduce the concept of history to the youngest museum visitor.

• The Michigan Quarter
What's cool? What is the neatest coin in your wallet?
It's the Michigan Quarter released on January 26, 2004. Find links here to lesson plans, kids' activities and the story of the Michigan Quarter Project.

• Michigan Adventure - Discover Our State Symbols
The Yak shared his great pages about Michigan's state symbols with the Michigan Historical Center! Learn about our state symbols in these pages from the Detroit Free Press.

• View All MHC Coming Events

• Educator Discount at the Museum Stores 
Teachers can receive a discount on educational materials purchased from any of the Michigan Historical Museum Stores. For information about the Museum Stores, visit www.michigan.gov/museumstore.

• Studying the States
Suggestions for finding information about Michigan if your class is studying the states.

• National History Day in Michigan (Michigan History Day)
The Michigan Historical Center encourages students in grades 4 through 12 to enter the annual competition. Here's what it's all about!

• History Nights at Michilimackinac, 2011-2012
Spend a night in the fort exploring colonial life in this exciting hands-on experience. March and drill as the soldiers did, make candles and bake bread over an open fire, wear a yoke to get water from the lake and learn what it took to survive on the frontier.

• Mackinac area onsite activities NEW! Scavenger Hunts
Instructions and handouts for activities to be used during a site visit to the Mackinac area.

• Mackinac State Historic Parks Outreach Programs
These hour long programs bring the Straits area and Michigan to the classroom. Experience the sights, sounds and smells that will bring you closer to the cultural and natural history of Michigan. During the fall and spring our entertaining and informative interpretive staff bring these programs to you. These programs are designed for grades three through six.

• Mackinac State Historic Park Site Visits
Bring your group to Mackinac State Historic Parks for a great first-hand on site experience. Colonial Michilimackinac, Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse and Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park in Mackinaw City and Fort Mackinac and Mackinac Island State Park on Mackinac Island can make history and science come alive!

• Mackinac State Historic Parks Education Programs-Artifact Box; Video or Slide Program
Bring Mackinac to your classroom! Fill out the loan form or contact us at least two weeks in advance and we will get it to your classroom. Payment is to cover shipping and handling. Teacher or school is responsible for return shipping (or bring it to the Visitor's Center when you come for a site visit).

• Military Muster at Fort Mackinac
Muster your students and march them up the hill. Enlist them into the army of the 1880s. Drill and march them on the parade ground, walk the sentry beat, find out how kid's lives have changed in 100 years and learn about Mackinac history through Military Muster at Fort Mackinac!