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States and Capitals States and Capitals of the Midwestof the Midwest

Jessica WilliamsJessica Williams

ED 205-08ED 205-08

April 2, 2009April 2, 2009

The Midwest!The Midwest! IllinoisIllinois IndianaIndiana IowaIowa KansasKansas MichiganMichigan MinnesotaMinnesota MissouriMissouri NebraskaNebraska North DakotaNorth Dakota OhioOhio South DakotaSouth Dakota WisconsinWisconsin

Learn a song for all 50 Learn a song for all 50 states and their capitals!states and their capitals!

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• About the author

• References

IllinoisIllinoisCapital: SpringfieldCapital: Springfield

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If you don’t like complaining, cover your ears.

In the spring fieldspring field all you’ll hear is ill noisesill noises..

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IndianaIndiana

Capital: IndianapolisCapital: Indianapolis

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They don’t have to fight anymore. The Indian ant Indian ant is sharing the peace

pipe with the Indian applesIndian apples..

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IowaIowaCapital: Des MoinesCapital: Des Moines

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to see the riddle.

After spending all day mowingday mowing a path to the library, it’s closed when he finally gets there. “Oh no, my book is overdue,” he thinks. “Now, I owe a I owe a fine!”

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KansasKansas

Capital: TopekaCapital: Topeka

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He’s so shy, look at the toe toe peeking peeking around the cans of Scans of S’s.’s.

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MichiganMichigan

Capital: LansingCapital: Lansing

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One of the lambs singing lambs singing

to the wolves is nervous

because he’s missing a gunmissing a gun..

MinnesotaMinnesotaCapital: St. PaulCapital: St. Paul

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St. PaulSt. Paul did not need to worry about getting thirsty because along the road there were many sodasmany sodas..

MissouriMissouriCapital: Jefferson CityCapital: Jefferson City

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His dad punished him for making a mess

and now the chefchef’s’s sson on is sitting sitting in misery misery

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NebraskaNebraskaCapital: LincolnCapital: Lincoln

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Happy Birthday, Abe! Abraham Lincoln Lincoln gets a new brass keynew brass key..

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North DakotaNorth DakotaCapital: BismarckCapital: Bismarck

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You’re allowed only just so many Nose Ducks Nose Ducks for your quotaquota, so make sure the counter bees markbees mark the numbers correctly.

OhioOhioCapital: ColumbusCapital: Columbus

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ColumbusColumbus, the explorer, was so startled at what he saw, he said “ “OhOh” ” to the high Ohigh O..

South DakotaSouth DakotaCapital: PierreCapital: Pierre

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The pearpear is a French inspector named Pierre Pierre and wants to understand what the sow says, so he uses a sow decodersow decoder..

WisconsinWisconsinCapital: MadisonCapital: Madison

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The medicine whipsmedicine whips the con’s son con’s son if he misbehaves like his dad.

About the authorAbout the author

My name is Jessica Williams. I am a sophomore at Grand My name is Jessica Williams. I am a sophomore at Grand Valley State University. My major is Group Social Studies Valley State University. My major is Group Social Studies with an emphasis on History, and a minor in Elementary with an emphasis on History, and a minor in Elementary Education. Education.

Send me an email!Send me an email!

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ReferencesReferences Cleveland, Will, and Mark Alvarez. Cleveland, Will, and Mark Alvarez. Yo Sacramento! : and all those other Yo Sacramento! : and all those other

capitals you don’t knowcapitals you don’t know. Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1997. . Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1997. http://www.50states.com/http://www.50states.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOL5QeEn0B0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOL5QeEn0B0

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