1. States of America
America

2. Government President Obama
The head of the government of
America is called the president.
Currently, we have a president named
Barack Obama.
The president only serves us for
four years at a time.
The president can only serve for a
maximum of eight years.

3. Government
This is the White House where the president lives.
The president lives there for four years.
Then, the next president gets elected and
then they live there.
The family of the president either lives
there or can visit.
President Obama’s
daughters

4. Highly Developed Way of Life
This is the Yankees Stadium in The
Bronx,
New York.
The New York Yankees Play baseball
here.
Most of this stadium is built from some of
the pieces in the old stadium.
The Yankees Stadium is a sign of highly
developed way of life.

5. HIGHLY DEVELOPED WAY OF LIFE
 This is a house and a house
shows highly developed way of
life.
 A house is made out of hard
material and is sturdy.
 Houses now-a-day aren’t made
out of mud bricks.
 We have found different
materials to make our houses.
 This shows that we live more
comfortably and safer.

6. STABLE FOOD SUPPLY
 This is a farm with farm animals and it shows
a stable food supply.
 It shows a stable food supply because if a
person can feed all those animals than they
probably can feed themselves.
 If you look at the very top window on the barn
there is hay.
 As a lot of people know is that hay is for
horses.
 You will notice that there are horses.
 That is a sign that the people who live there
can feed some of their animals.

7. STABLE FOOD SUPPLY
 This a watermelon and it is a sign of
stable food supply.
 A watermelon is a fruit that is green on
the outside and red on the inside.
 We have grown watermelons in bushes
since 1882.
 We first found watermelons in Africa.
 It shows a stable food supply because if
we know how to grow watermelons that
we can feed ourselves and our families.

8. TECHNOLOGY
 There are many inventions in the 21st century that
were made in the U.S.A.
 For example, the ipad, the iphone 4s and many,
many more.
 The ipad and iphone 4s were
 invented by Steve Jobs (top right).
 Sadly, Steve Jobs has past away quite recently.
 The ipad and iphone are a part of technology.
 They are a part of technology because they are
basically a portable computer.
 They are an electronic tablet which can get
internet as well as games.
 The ipad and iphone are a fantastic invention of
technology.

9. TECHNOLOGY
 This is a box telephone, a great sign of
technology.
 Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting
with telegraph instruments when he realized it
might be possible to transmit the human voice
over a wire by using electricity.
 We use a more developed telephone now.
 We also have cell phones which are portable
telephones.
 This was a great piece of technology because
now we don’t have to walk or send mail to
people when we want to talk to them.

10. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
 A mansion (right) is a sign of social
structure.
 For us, having a mansion (right) means
you are in the upper class.
 In Sumer upper class people had 2 story
houses (left).
 Now, most mansions have 4 floors.
 Upper class people usually have a good
paying job and can afford these kind if
houses.
 Social Structure has really changed.

11. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
 This is a very poor person’s house in America.
 54% of people in America live in single family
homes.
 1/3 of Florida’s people are living in their car.
 This is a huge problem in America.
 People are loosing their jobs every day.
 One night your dad comes home from work and is
ready for dinner the next night your dad comes
home early because he lost his job.
 The nation's poverty rate rose to 15.1% (46.2
million) in 2010.
 This shows Social Structure because these
people are in the lower class and classes are an
example of Social Structure.

12. RELIGION
 Religion is a kind of belief.
 This is a church and a church is a temple of
the Christian religion.
 Christians go to this church to talk about
Jesus Christ.
 Not all Americans believe in god but most do.
 In America there are many religions.

13. RELIGION
 These are the signs of different religions in
America.
 We have so many religions because it is in the
constitution.
 We have many people come to America who
study different religions.
 America has freedom of religion.
 We used to have schools where the students
would pray to god before class.
 Now most schools don’t do that anymore
because separation of church and state.

14. WRITING
 A book is a way to pass down knowledge.
 We have books so we can have entertainment
and to communicate with the past.
 There is writing in books because it is an
easier way of telling a story of the past or of
fantasy.
 Books can tell you about very important
people and that is telling you history.
 History is important because we need to know
about our old mistakes so we don’t do them
again.
 Books are very important because if
something bad happens that is similar to what
happened in the past we would know what to
do and not to do.

15. WRITING
 This an old time typewriter.
 A typewriter is basically a computer without
the internet.
 The evolution of the typewriter is part of the
ongoing history of the human need to
communicate.
 The typewriter was made in 1868 and was
used until the 20th century.
 We could have (and did) write down
history.
 A typewriter is a sign of writing because
you could write down stuff so you could
remember things.