1. The World in Which We Live Lindsay Barry

2. DeWitt Junior High School DeWitt Junior High School is located in DeWitt, Michigan The population of students enrolled in about 500 students The scores from the MEAP range from 34% in math to 81% in reading The ethnicity of DeWitt Junior High School is 93% White, 3% Hispanic, African American 2%, Asian 1%, 1% Native American My School Source: Footprint, Planet. DeWitt Junior High School. N.d. Photograph. DeWitt, Michigan, DeWitt.

3. DeWitt The city of DeWitt is located in the state of Michigan The population of DeWitt is about 4,511 people The most common occupation in DeWitt is sales/business related The ancestries in DeWitt are: 33% German, 13% English, 13% Irish, 7% Scottish, 6% United States, and 6% Dutch My City Source: Bowdoin, David. DeWitt HS. 2013. Photograph. DeWitt

4. Michigan Michigan is located in the Midwest Region of the United States of America State Bird: Robin, State Tree: Eastern White Pine, State Flower: Apple Blossom, State Insect: Dragonfly, State Animal: Painted Turtle, State Stone: Petoskey Stone and State Fish: Brook Trout Michigan comes from the Indian word "michigama" meaning big or great lake because Michigan is surrounded by the Great Lakes Michigan was the 26th state to the Union and was admitted on January 26, 1837 My State source: Shiffler, Wally, and Anna Shiffler. "Michigan." Wally's World of Wood. N.p., 1999. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.

5. Midwest Midwest region of consists of Minnesota, Iowa,Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Indiana The Midwest is known as the "breadbasket" due to the fertile soil and having crops like oats, wheat and corn In the middle of the Midwest is the Sears Tower which is one of the world's tallest building being 447 meters tall The Midwest created the Republican Party in the 1850s to get rid of slavery My Region source: Midwest. 2008. Photograph. Halal Advocates of America, n.p.

6. United States of America The United States of America is located in North America The total area of both land and water is 9,826,675 sq km (Land:9,161,966 sq km Water:664,709 sq km) The religions are Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhism 0.7%, Islam 0.6%, other 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% The population is 313,847,465 people as of July 2012 My Country source: Jackson, Lisa P. United States. 2012. Photograph. EPA, n.p.

7. North America North America is located in both the West and North hemispheres It is the 3rd largest continent in the world and has 23 countries in it North America is bordered by the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific Ocean. The two largest countries by land area are: Canada :9,984,670 sq km and United States:9,826,630 sq km My Continent source: Jones, Bruce. North America. 1992. Photograph. Bruce Jones Inc., n.p.

8. My Planet Earth Earth is located in space and is three planets away from the Sun and is the fifth largest planet The Earth's chemical composition is 34.6% Iron 29.5% Oxygen 15.2% Silicon 12.7% Magnesium 2.4% Nickel 1.9% Sulfur 0.05% Titanium 71% of Earth's surface is made up of water and 29% land The mass of Earth is 5.972e24 kg

9. Milky Way The middle of the Milky Way is located 26,000 light-years away from the Sun and is 80,000 to 120,000 light-years in its total size across It moves about 300 km/sec towards Virgo, the constellation The Milky Way contains about 200 billion stars inside it in the shape of a spiral galaxy Earth is located in one of the spiral arms towards the edge of the Milky Way My Galaxy source: Wang. Milky Way:A Crowded Neighborhood. 2008. Photograph. NASA, n.p.

10. My School slide-Jackson, Bill. "GreatSchools - Public and Private School Ratings, Reviews and Parent Community." GreatSchools - Public and Private School Ratings, Reviews and Parent Community. Greatschools Inc., 1998. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. My City slide- Stats about All US Cities - Real Estate, Relocation Info, Crime, House Prices, Cost of Living, Races, Home Value Estimator, Recent Sales, Income, Photos, Schools, Maps, Weather, Neighborhoods, and More. Onboard Informatics, 2003. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. My State slide- Carrie. "Michigan Information, Your Complete Guide to the State of Michigan." Michigan Information, Your Complete Guide to the State of Michigan. Carrie's Creations Inc., 2006. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. My Region slide- "Midwest." Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help — FactMonster.com. Pearson Education, 2000. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. My Country slide- "United States." Central Intelligence Agency. World Leaders, 2007. Web. 03 Feb. 2013 My Continent- Reif, Cindy, and Story, Robin. "North America." World Atlas Atlas of the World including Geography Facts, Maps, Flags - Worldatlas.com. Graphic Maps, n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. My Planet slide- Earth A Guide to Our Solar System and beyond." The Solar System Tour. Nine Planets, 1994. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. My galaxy slide-" The Milky Way Galaxy." ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE. N.p., 1998. Web. 03 Feb. 2013. Credits