Michigan

Michigan State University

Michigan State UniversityFootball Stadium: Seats up to 75,000 People

Michigan State University• Basketball @ Breslin Center: 15,000 People

• Final Four = 6 appearances out of the last 12 years

Detroit: largest city in MI

• 900,000 people living in the city

• Known as “motor city”

• Detroit is across from Windsor, Canada.

Detroit• To go to

Canada, you just have to cross over the bridge or through the tunnel.

Detroit’s Sports Teams• Tigers (Baseball), Red Wings (Hockey), • Pistons (Basketball), Lions (Football)

Dearborn: 10th largest city in MI

• Henry Ford- creator of Ford

Motor Company

Dearborn: Ford Motor Company

• Model T Car, 1908

• 1st cheap auto

• Became cheap because of the assembly line

Henry Ford: Assembly Line• People work in a line adding different parts

to the car

Dearborn• Arab-American Population• in East Dearborn• 35% of city is Arab-American• Largest mosque in the United States

Great Lakes of Michigan

• Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie and Superior

• 20% of the world’s fresh waters

• MI is surrounded by 4 of the 5 Great Lakes

• Inland, Michigan has 11,000 lakes

Mackinac Bridge• Connects the Upper Peninsula with the Lower

Peninsula (2.62 km)

Mackinac Island • Place to go for

vacation• 9.8 km2

• Surrounded by water• No cars are allowed

on the island

Silver Lake State Park

• over 2,000 acres (8 km2) of sand dunes• A hill of loose windblown sand found

along seashores • West side of state

Dune Buggy