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SchoolJones-State-Kansas Welcome to SchoolJones. We would like to teach your kids about states, history, Bible, and more. Today we will be talking about Kansas.

Welcome to study about Kansas. Throughout this study I hope you will learn many interesting facts. The state flower of Kansas is the sunflower. The sunflower is a bright yellow flower that can grow to about 8 feet tall. Kansas also has a motto a motto is a group of words that show a state's goals or ideals the motto is "To the stars through difficulty." The state bird of Kansas is the Western Meadowlark, the Western Meadowlark has a beautiful black crest around its bright yellow chest it is about the size of a Robin. The state song of Kansas is "Home on the Range" by: Daniel E. Kelley ( you can find lyrics on almost every website.) Kansas has a state seal it represents that it is the 34thstate to enter the union and also that the state will grow through agriculture. The nickname for Kansas is The Sunflower State. The seat of Kansas' government is Topeka which it the capitol of Kansas. Kansas' governor is Sam Brownback. Kansas sends 2 U.S. senators to represent us in Washington. Their names are Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran how you say Jerry Moran is ( Jarry Morin.) Kansas also elects 4 U.S. Representatives to represent the State in Congress. One of the Representatives are Lynn Jenkins. Kansas is in the Mid-Western region. It was the 34th state to enter the Union. It has a population of 2,364,236 people. One industry the making of aircraft. It is centered in Wichita. In 2005 almost 36 thousand people worked in the aircraft company. THe aircraft industry is the largest employer in the state. One agricultural product is grains and wheat. The wheat fields are in every part of the state. 10% of the farm products sold is wheat. It accounts for more than $1 billion in revenue. The state capitol of Kansas is Topeka. Topeka became the capitol in 1866. Thank you so much for reading the following.