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    Kids' Stuff from the Michigan Historical Museum

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    Activities that include things to make, stories and poems, historic documents and more.


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    Introduction

    • Welcome to Kids' Stuff


    The First People

    • Make a Quill Design

    • "Find the Petroglyphs" and "Woodland Indian Ways" Word Puzzles PDF icon

    • Design Your Own Wampum Belt PDF icon

    • Crossword, word search and matching game (from Michigan's State Archaeologist) PDF icon

    • Tour the First People Gallery Online


    Settling a State

    • Build a Model Plank Road

    • Journal of a Trip to Michigan in 1841

    • "Riding on the Plank," a Poem

    • More Settlement Era Activities

    • Tour the Settling a State Gallery


    Civil War

    • Make a Civil War Drum

    • Make a Civil War Flag

    • See Civil War Battle Flags

    • A Civil War Flag Returns Home

    • Tour the Civil War Gallery


    Mining

    • Tour the Mining in Michigan Gallery

    • Visit the Michigan Iron Industry Museum

    • Visit Fayette, a Historic Iron Smelting Town


    Growing Up in Michigan, 1880-1895

    • Tour the Growing Up in Michigan Gallery


    Lumbering

    • Design Your Own Log Marks

    • Make Architectural Rubbings

    • Shanty Boy Stories

    • Tour the Lumbering in Michigan Gallery

    • More Logging and Lumbering Activities

    • Visit the Hartwick Pines Logging Museum


    Rural Michigan 1865-1900

    • Farm Math

    • Make a Model of a Windmill

    • The Knaggs Windmill, 1814-1858

    • Detroit Windmills

    • Tour the Rural Michigan Gallery


    Farm 1900-1930

    • Make Rock Candy

    • Links to Food Fun

    • Tour the Farm Gallery


    Factory 1900-1930

    • Do an Early Auto Tour

    • Early Auto Activities

    • Tour the Factory Gallery


    Great Depression

    • Create a Great Lakes Fantasy Trip

    • Then and Now: Prices

    • Tour the Great Depression Gallery


    Arsenal of Democracy

    • Making Memories Last--Keep a Scrapbook

    • Home Front Links

    • Tour the Arsenal of Democracy Gallery


    The Fifties

    • 1950s Cars to Color

    • 1950s Guessing Game

    • Tour the 1950s Gallery


    The Sixties

    • Tie-Dye a T-shirt

    • 1960s Word Find Puzzle

    • Tour the 1960s Gallery


    Lakes and Land

    • Make a Lighthouse

    • Tour the Lakes and Land Gallery Online


    Enterprising Images

    • Enterprising Kids' Activities -- Photo Fun!


    Lansing 1897

    • Lansing 1897 Kids' Stuff


    On the Air! MI Radio and TV Broadcasting 1920-2000

    • Kids' Stuff for On the Air!


    Thanks for the Memories

    • Thanks for the Memories Kids' Stuff




    MHC Kids' Stuff Quick Links
     •  Michigan Historical Center Visitor Information
     •  Teachers' Stuff from the Michigan Historical Museum
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