Elsie

Name: Elsie Kibby My Culture: Illinois, America



food, clothing, customs, traditions, housing, family, language, education, celebrations, pastimes, games || ** Notes from: answers.wiki.com ** Food :What different foods are there? 50% of people grow thier own food. The other people buy there food from the supermarket. The foods are vegetables, fruits, and dairy products. But mostly Corn and Soybeans. Clothing : What do they wear? They wear everything American People do. Language What language do they speak? English and Spanish. Housing: Do they have compounds or neighberhoods? There are no compounds only neighborhoods. Family: How many children are you aloud to raise? You can have as many children as you can hold. Another fact: Another fact: || ==Most people in Illinois are farmers.They mostly grow food and vegetables.The most popular veggies are Corn and Soybeans. Most people have cows,so an important dairy product would be milk and butter. Not many fruits are grown there, But that doesn't mean they aren't!==
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The languages they speak always matter, so you can understand people. Most people speak English, but some speak other languages, too. Like Spanish, British, and Japanese.
==Most people live in houses with big yards. Some even on large farms. But in America we don't have //as// many compounds as here in China. The amount is scarce and we don't have many we probably have 3 or 4 throughout the state.== TOPIC SENTENCE AND SUPPORTING DETAILS ==A common number of children is two but you can have more. In some countries, such as China, you can only have 1 or 2 because of population. But in America, this is a free country so you could have several children!== || religion, holidays, right and wrong, symbols, education, customs, traditions, beliefs, folktales || ** Notes from: ** Holiday :What is the biggest holiday? Independence Day Religion: What different Religions are there? Christianity Symbols: What are the symbols of Illinois? Another fact: Another fact: || ==** Independence Day is celebrated on the 4th of July to celbrate our Declaration of Independence in 1776. **Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies.==
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 * Folk Dance: Square dance**
 * Fish: Bluegill**
 * Prairie Grass: Big bluestem**
 * Insect: Monarch butterfly**
 * Mineral: Fluorite**
 * Song: “Illinois"**

A lot of people are raised in the Christian, or Brethren, religions. Some people are raised in the Jewish Religion but not many people.
TYPE IN TRADITIONS FROM THE LEFT ==There are millions of symbols that represent Illinois but the main traditions are listed below. Square Dancing is a very popular Dance. A Bluegill is very easy to catch around swampy lakes. Big is also called Andropogon gerardii. The Monarch butterfly is the most common butterfly in central and southren Illinois. Fluorite is a Halide mineral that looks a little like a Amythest cracked open but with a red-orangish colour on the inside. The song Illinois is a common song that they may sing at a celbration of our state culture.== || art, music, dance, games, leisure, beauty, drama || ** Notes from: ** Art : What is the most famous art sculpture/painting? The Sears tower is the most tallest skyscraper and has a beautiful structure in architecher Music : What is a famous genre of music? Country and Rock Famous Building : What is the most famous building? The most famous building in Illinois is in Springfield, where the government of the state is. Games: What games do they play? The most famous game and sport is baseball. Beauty: What is considered beautiful and not beautiful? In the 1900s Black People weren't allowed in some places because of their race. Another fact: Another fact: || ** MAKE ONE PARAGRAPH **
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 * Arts are an important part of the Illinois culture. The Sears Tower has a beautiful architecher and is the tallest skyscraper in Illinois and is located in Chicago. **** Mostly, they like country, but some people like Rock, and Jazz. **
 * The government of State is in a big brick building that has collums and looks a little bit like the white house, and is in Springfield. ** ** All thanks goes to, Martin Luther King Jr. for his beautiful ** //I have a dream// speech, in 1963 at the Washington D.C. Civil Rights March, Black people are allowed to go anywhere. :)

|| jobs and work, money, technology, roles of men and women, currency, goods, services || ** Notes from: ** Money : What does the money look like? It is green with presidents inside. Transportation: How do people get around? Car, or bike. Tecnology: What is the most used electronic?
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Computers and Phones.
Services: How do adults make money for a living? They get a job. Another fact: Another fact: || ==**Money is important and I mean very important, you need money for clothes, food, and a house. It is green with presidents on it, 1 cent= Brown with Abraham Lincoln. 5 cents=Silver with Thomas Jefferson. 10 cents= Silver with Franklin D. Roosevelt 50 cents= Silver John F. Kennedy $1= Green with George Washington $5= Green with Abe Lincoln. I'm not going to list all of them but you get the idea.**==


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**Jobs are everywhere, you could be in the business, clerks, attendants, you could work in a clinic or hospital, too.**
|| rules, laws, government, leaders, local, national || ** Notes from: ** Current President or leader : Barack Obama Another fact: || ==**Barack Obama was voted to a presidential oppurtunity in 2008. He is considered the 1st African-American in presidential government. His wife, Michelle Obama, is nick-named the 1st lady because she was the first presidential lady to run the United States alongside with Barack.**== || geography, climate, land and water features || ** Notes from: ** Continent : North America Animals: What animal is Illinois famous for? A white-tailed deer. Climate/weather: Mild Summers, Snowy, Cold Winters Land/Water: How many provinces/states are there? There are 50 states || ==**North America consists three countries, US, Canada, and Mexico. Think of North America as a family. Canada is the big brother. The US is the little brother, and Mexico is the littlest brother. Illinois is just about in the middle of the US.**==
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**The summers there are super hot. And the Winters are very snowy with snow drifts and mountains.**
==**If you look at the country, only the country nowhere else just the continent you will only count 48 states. Why? Because Hawaii and Alaska are separated from the country and are up near Canada or down by Mexico.**== || history || ** Notes from: **
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 * History: Native-Americans, The French, The British, all were there. ** || ==About ten-thousand years before Native Americans came to Illinois. Before they hunted Bison and deer. Later, they could grow corn, squash and some other crops. When it grew to be the 1600s, a lot of different Native American tribes lived in the area. About 70 years later, a group of French men came to Illinois. They explored some of the Mississippi River. Two men named Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, led a a group of men. In 1680, France sent more men to explore the Mississippi. Robert de La Salle was the leader of the group. They built a fort around what is called Peoria. French settlers then moved to the area.== ||