1. The North east
The Midwest
The West
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The Southwest The South

2. The Midwest
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3. The Midwest
There are 12 states in the
Midwest.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota and Wisconsin

4. IL
This state is famous for the Willis Tower in
Chicago. I t u s e d t o b e t h e S e a r s
To w e r .
The Willis Tower is the 5th tallest building in the
world.
It has 110 floors.
It is 1,450 feet or 440 meters tall.

6. IN
• Indiana is famous for the Indy 500.
• The Indy 500 is a car race.
• This race started in 1911.
• It happens every year on May 30th.

8. IA
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10. KS
Kansas has many
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Kansas is very flat.

12. MI
Michigan is famous for the 5 Great Lakes.
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Michigan is also famous for its sand
dunes.

14. MN
• Minnesota is called the land of
10, 000 lakes.
• Minnesota is famous for ice hockey,
cold weather and snow.

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• The city of St. Louis has the Gateway
Arch. It is 630 feet or 192 meters tall. It
opened in 1967.

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18. NE
• Only 2% of Nebraska is covered with
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• Most of Nebraska is covered with prairie
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20. ND
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There are many strange and brightly colored rocks in North Dakota.
The place with the colored rocks is called The Badlands.
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North Dakota is the fourth smallest state in population.
There are only 9.2 people per square mile.

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Ohio is famous for the Amish
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They build their own houses.
The Amish do not use electricity
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24. What states are most interesting to you
so far?
What states that we have studied would
you like to visit?

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S o u t h D a k o t a is famous for Mount Rushmore.
M o u n t R u s h m o r e is a huge sculpture of the heads of 4
presidents. The heads were carved from a mountain.
It took 14 y e a r s to finish.
The presidents are George W ashington, T homas Jefferson, A braham L incoln
and T heodore R oosevelt.

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Wisconsin is the dairy capital of the
USA.
This state is famous for its
cheese.
WI is called America’s
Dairyland.

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for_________?
Tell me an interesting fact
about______.
What states are most interesting to
you so far?