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Mid-West Regions of the United States

Mid-West Regions of the United States. Midwestern Landmarks. Mt. Rushmore Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie Mississippi River Tornado Alley Black Hills Missouri River Ohio River Shedd Aquarium Alder Planetarium.

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Mid-West Regions of the United States

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  1. Mid-West Regions of the United States

  2. Midwestern Landmarks • Mt. Rushmore • Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) • Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie • Mississippi River • Tornado Alley • Black Hills • Missouri River • Ohio River • Shedd Aquarium • Alder Planetarium youtube.com/watch?v=zwLIjpb1wes&feature=related youtube.com/watch?v=ibnpKSI1pmo&feature=related

  3. Midwestern Geography L. Superior N. Dakota Michigan Chicago Minnesota L. Huron BLACK HILLS Wisconsin L. Michigan S. Dakota Michigan Missouri River L. Erie Mississippi River G r e a t P l a i n s T A O L R L N E A Y D O Nebraska Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio Illinois River Missouri Ohio River Kansas Ozark Mountains

  4. The Witch • There was a woman named Stoskopf that is under a ball. • She was abused by her husband and kids and one day she poisoned the well and that killed her sons and her husband. • She threw their bodies down the well. • After that, people thought she was practicing witchcraft. • Her neighbors started to lose animals like cats and dogs and chickens. • They broke into her barn and there was a table full of animal bones and one man found his lost dog’s collar in the fire pit. • The next day they tied the witch to a stake and burned her to ashes then they buried the ashes 11 feet underground then put a 500 pound ball as a gravestone to make sure she stays in.

  5. Folklore • In Ohio, a manor that was a funeral home. • People think there is a portal there. It was also a hospital. • There are a lot of deaths and suicides. • A man was shot and bled to death on the doorstep. • A person claims that a vortex appeared for 7 moments before disappearing.

  6. Polka music • Midwest instruments include • Guitar • Harmonica • Violin • Fettle • Trumpet • clarinet • drums Midwest music Music and culture of the Midwest Culture of the mid west • Ojibwe Indians • Indians used to control mostly about 70% of the mid west • Most Indians in the twelfth century would sing at the fire and tell folk tales • Most Indians new how to survive by themselves

  7. MUSIC FESTIVALS OF THE MID WEST • The mid west has music festivals • Most music fests are in the summer • In Indiana at the beginning of the festival they fly jets across the sky and sing the pledge of allegiance • In Illinois they play mostly jazz • In Ohio they have pro football players at the hall of fame • In Michigan they have a summer film festival • In Minnesota they play a summer Bay Front blues festivals • Wisconsin holds the Milwaukee summer festival

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