The document provides information about the 12 states in the Midwest region of the United States. It discusses the famous landmarks and features of states like Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Key points include Chicago's Willis Tower, the Indy 500 race in Indiana, Iowa having more hogs than people, Kansas's flat landscape and tornadoes, the Great Lakes and sand dunes in Michigan, Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, St. Louis's Gateway Arch, Nebraska's prairies, the Badlands in North Dakota, the Amish communities in Ohio, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, and Wisconsin being the dairy capital.

1. The
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The West The Midwest
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The Southwest

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
tornadoes.
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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 trees.
• Most of Nebraska is covered with prairie or
grass.
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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 people
who live there.
They build their own houses.
The Amish do not use electricity
or drive cars.
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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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What states are most interesting to you so
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30. The
North
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31. The Northeast
There are 11 states in the
Northeast.
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,
Maryland,Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Vermont

32. CT
Connecticut is an Algonquin Indian name.
This state was one of the first 13
colonies.
Yale is a famous university there.
Connecticut is one of the richest states
in the country.

34. DE
This is the second smallest
state.
It is 96 miles from north to
south.
It is 39 miles from east to
west. It was the first state.
Delaware became a state in
1787.

36. MD
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Maryland is famous for
seafood and theme parks.
Jolly Roger is a theme park
there.
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Maine grows more blueberries than any
other state.
Maine is also famous for lobsters.
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39. MA
• The
Revolutionary
War started in
Massachusetts
in 1773.
• It started after
protesters threw
chests of tea
into the water.

41. NH
• New Hampshire was one of the first 13
colonies.
• New Hampshire was the first state to declare
its independence from England.
• The White Mountains are in New
Hampshire.
• There is a rock formation in the White
Mountains that looks like a man’s face.

43. NJ
• There are 995 people
per square mile in
New Jersey.
• New Jersey is called
the Garden State
because many
vegetables and fruit
grow there!

45. NY
New York was one of the original 13 colonies.
Grand Central Station in New York City is the
world’s largest train station.
Over 17 million immigrants entered the US at
Ellis Island in New York City.

47. PA
 Pennsylvania was named after William
Penn. He owned Pennsylvania before it
was a state.
 William Penn was a Quaker who
welcomed people of many different
religions to join him in the colony of
Pennsylvania.

49. RI
 It is the smallest state in the union.
 It is only 37 miles wide from east to west and
48 miles from north to south.

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51. VT
Vermont is a great place to visit
in the winter.
There are over 1,800 miles of cross-
country ski trails and lots of places to
go downhill skiing.

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Tell me an interesting fact
about_________.
What states are most interesting to
you?

54. The West
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55. The West
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Washington, Oregon, Alaska(Pacific
Northwest) Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah,
Colorado, Hawaii

56. AK
This state is
famous for the
Northern Lights

58. CA
Many people know that Hollywood the
home of movie stars is in this state. This
state is also famous for its Redwood
trees. They are the oldest and tallest
trees in the world. One tree is 275 feet
tall and 103 feet around.

60. CO
This state has over 1000
mountain tops over 2 miles
high.
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This state has 132 islands.
It also has volcanoes.
People there speak English,
Hawaiian and Japanese.