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Tarah Hart: Artifacts for the Midwest

** Football is a popular sport in the Midwest that has a culture all its own. Both NFL and college teams are widely popular in this region of the United States. Corn is one of the major crops produced in the Midwest. Soybeans, dairy, sugar beets, turkeys, apples, hogs, cattle, cranberries, and wild rice are also heavily produced. Because of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, riverboars were often used to aid in transportation. Agriculture was often transported on the Ohio River using riverboats, flatboats, canal boats, as well as railroads.

media type="youtube" key="juqtcsHlKzs" height="344" width="425" A huge part of the Midwestern culture is the music developed in the area. Jazz, Blues, and Rock and Roll all play a major roll in the music culture of the Midwest. Motown broke out in Detroit, Michigan and gave life to such groups as The Four Tops and Diana Ross and the Supremes.
 * The Four Tops singing "It's the Same Old Song"**

media type="youtube" key="ieh0y3OU5jA" height="344" width="425" Besides being home to harsh winters, the Midwest is also known for the numerous tornadoes that touch down each year. Tornado Alley, known for it's enormous amounts of tornadoes, is a region of the United Stated that lies mainly in the Midwest. It is said that more tornadoes are formed in Tornado Alley than anywhere else in the world.
 * Travel Channel's Tornado Alley USA**

The southern region of the United States experience hurricanes. Hurricanes are a natural weather patterns that occur only in some parts of the world.
 * Chris Hamby- Artifact bag**

New York City is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Not only is it a major commerce center in the United States market, but in the world market as well.

Baseball is a national past time. Teams from all five regions compete throughout the season. The season culminates with a final game dubbe the World Series to determine an ultimate winner for the season.

Cacti are a dominant form of botanical life int he Southwest. Due to extreme changes in temperature and lack of rain, the cactus fills in a special niche in the ecosystems there. Ansel Adams, one of our contries best known photographers, spent years in Alaska taking pictures. His documentation of Alaska's wilderness shows the natural beauty of our nothernmost state.

Janel's Artifact Regions Worksheet []
 * Wild West Video[]This is a video of clips from the west new and old. There are clips of people and landscapes. ||

A picture of the Redwood Forest.