LITTLE PEOPLE'S BEGINNING ON MICHIGAN Author:McConnell, Parker & Deeter A Popular way to introduce first and second graders to several of the early elementary social studies benchmarks! A great start to a lifelong adventure of discovering Michigan. Learn about our shape, where we are, the two peninsulas, the Great Lakes, Mackinac Bridge, the state capital, our resources and products, our state symbols and the state ... more »flag. Helps young students describe some of the human characteristics Michigan and explain some of the basic causes for those characteristics. Helps young students describe some of the natural characteristics Michigan and explain some of the basic causes for those characteristics. Helps young students describe how people use the environment meet human needs and wants. Helps young students describe some ways In which their environment has been changed by people and the ways their lives are affected by the environment. Helps young students Identify ways families produce and consume goods and services. (Helps young students connect economic needs with businesses that meet them. Helps young students organize information to make and interpret simple maps of the state of Michigan.« less