Burton 3rd Grade Students Engage with Virtual Mackinac Historical Tour

On Wednesday, January 15, as part of an extension to the social studies curriculum, Burton third graders attended a virtual/interactive in school field trip. The field trip was part of the Mackinac State Historic Parks' educational outreach program. 

The Historic Mackinac Virtual Tour allowed students to see how Anishinaabek, French Canadian, and British residents cooperated and compromised with one another as part of the Great Lakes fur trade and participated in global economic and cultural exchanges. 

Michigan’s three largest tribes are the Ojibwe (also called Chippewa), the Odawa (also called Ottowa) and the Potawatomi (also called the Bode’wadmi).  They share common language, customs and beliefs. Together, they are Anishinaabe, or “original people.”  Hundreds of years ago, they created a partnership called the Three Fires.

Students in all three classes enjoyed the Zoom in presentation.