• September 16, 1908—General Motors is chartered.
After making the Buick Motor Company America's top-selling car company, Flint millionaire William C. Durant filed articles of incorporation in New Jersey creating the General Motors Company. The event went unnoticed by the media, but in the next sixteen months, Durant acquired an assortment of different companies. Eventually, he succeeded in making General Motors the nation's leading automobile producer.

• Innovative Online Career Development Course for HS Students is Launched
CareerForward meets new state on-line learning requirement and gives students early exposure to career planning and entrepreneurship

• Michigan History for Kids Magazine Looks at Rock and Roll in Michigan
Winner of Parents' Choice Awards for the past three years, Michigan History for Kids has been praised by parents, teachers and children. This issue looks at Michigan's contribution to rock and roll.

• Future Historians Club, Orientation Meeting, September 23, 2008
Be a history detective! If you love Michigan history, exploring museums, learning about other cultures, creating new adventures, Future Historians is for you! Kids aged 9 through 15 have fun discovering Michigan's past at the Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. During the past several years, Future Historians members have camped overnight at the Michigan Historical Museum, taken a ride on the Michigan Princess and designed the museum exhibit "This ...

• Kids interact with a Mackinac Island exhibit

• Children's Genealogical Research

• Kids at Fayette

• Virtual Mackinac

• Michigan Kids! Web site

• 2008 Michigan Notable Books

• Michigan Adventure! Discover Our State Symbols!

• The Mitten a fun way to learn about important topics from Michigan's past.

• Michigan Children & Young Adult Books & Authors

• Michigan Authors and Illustrators Lookup