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00:0-1	Oh , wow , buckle in , Get ready for
00:02	fun and learning , this is a home school pop
00:05	US States video . In this video , we are
00:11	learning about the state of Kansas . You won't be
00:15	an expert on Kansas , but you'll know a lot
00:17	of cool facts about Kansas . So if somebody asks
00:20	you , do you know about the state of Kansas
00:21	? You'll be like , of course , I saw
00:23	the video . The first thing we want to learn
00:27	about Kansas is where is it ? If you want
00:30	to visit Kansas , where do you need to go
00:35	? Yeah , here is a map of the United
00:38	States . Do you happen to know where the state
00:41	of Kansas is ? Where is the state of Kansas
00:46	on the United States map ? Mhm . Yeah ,
00:51	the state of Kansas is right here . The state
00:54	of Kansas is right here in a region of the
00:57	United States called the midwest , Kansas is pretty much
01:05	smack dab in the middle of the continental United States
01:08	, isn't it ? Yeah , this is interesting .
01:13	Even though Kansas is in the middle of the United
01:15	States , it's only bordered by four states . Yeah
01:20	, All right , let's look at them . One
01:22	by one , bordering Kansas to the north is the
01:25	state of Nebraska . Then to the east is a
01:32	state of Missouri bordering Kansas . To the south is
01:38	the state of Oklahoma . Mhm . And bordering Kansas
01:44	to the west is the state of colorado . To
01:50	review . Kansas is pretty much in the middle of
01:53	the United States , in the region of the US
01:55	called the midwest . That was cool . Now we're
02:03	gonna look at two nicknames of the state of Kansas
02:06	so we can learn even more . Those two nicknames
02:12	for Kansas are the sunflower state and the wheat state
02:21	. All right , let's look at the first one
02:23	. Why is Kansas called the Sunflower state ? Well
02:30	, sunflowers grow all over the state of Kansas ,
02:34	especially in the western part of Kansas . Sunflowers are
02:38	everywhere . They grow in people's yards , they grow
02:45	on farms and they grow in the wild . Sunflowers
02:50	can get quite large . In fact , they can
02:52	grow as tall as nine ft . You can find
02:56	sunflowers that are nine ft tall , which is great
03:01	because they're very practical to , you can eat the
03:04	seeds and you can make sunflower oil from the seeds
03:07	. It's incredibly healthy . Mhm . Yeah . While
03:13	some flowers do grow in other states , Kansas will
03:15	always be the sunflower state . Okay , yeah ,
03:21	that's neat . But why is Kansas the wheat staked
03:25	the wheat state ? Well , Kansas grows a lot
03:31	of wheat a lot of weeks to give you some
03:34	idea , there are 8.8 million acres of wheat in
03:39	the state of Kansas , that's a whole lot .
03:44	As you might imagine , Kansas is one of the
03:47	largest producers of wheat in the United States . In
03:54	fact , each year , Kansas produces enough week to
03:57	bake 36 billion loaves of bread , 36 billion loaves
04:04	of bread . That's a ton of wheat . So
04:09	Kansas is the sunflower state and it's also known as
04:13	the wheat state . No , okay , now we're
04:20	gonna look at the flag of the state of Kansas
04:24	. The flag of the state of Kansas is a
04:26	blue flag with the state seal in the middle and
04:30	a sunflower on top of the state seal . Mhm
04:35	. The state seal in the middle of the flag
04:37	tells a little bit about the history of Kansas .
04:41	You can see the landscape with the rising sun .
04:44	The settlers cabin with a man plowing the field ,
04:48	a wagon train heading west . You can see native
04:52	americans hunting the american bison And you could see a
04:56	cluster of 34 stars near the top of the seal
05:01	. Those 34 stars represent the fact that Kansas was
05:06	the 34th state to join the United States . And
05:14	of course , you know why the sunflowers , their
05:17	, you know , Kansas is the sunflower state .
05:20	So there's a sunflower on top of the state seal
05:23	, on the flag of Kansas . All right now
05:28	we are going to learn about where to important places
05:32	are in the state of Kansas . The first is
05:35	the city of Topeka . Topeka is the capital of
05:40	Kansas . Then southwest of Topeka is the city of
05:47	Wichita . Wichita is the largest city in Kansas .
05:54	Wow ! Here is our final question . What is
05:58	the state bird of Kansas ? The state bird of
06:05	Kansas is the western meadow lark . And you can
06:08	see it's got an insect and it speaks because they
06:11	love insects . The western meadowlark loves open fields and
06:18	insects . So it's like insects are like candy bars
06:21	to the Western meadow large . You know , he's
06:23	like all right , I don't know why you're taking
06:25	my picture . Let me eat this insect in peace
06:29	. Okay . I just want to eat this insect
06:32	. The western meadowlark . Thanks for watching this homeschool
06:38	pop video on the state of Kansas . The sunflower
06:42	state , The wheat state . Do you know any
06:45	facts about Kansas that we did not include in this
06:48	video ? Let us know in the comments section below
06:51	. We hope you had a great time learning and
06:53	we hope to see you next video . You don't
07:03	have to be done learning . Click one of these
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