The Midwest: "Amish Country" and The Great Lakes

We started out our week in Ohio by reading another nonfiction book about the Erie Canal,

which lead us into studying

While in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, we met some Amish families and learned about their culture by reading

and

We will be comparing and contrasting our cultures to Amish culture later this week. Would you like to be Amish? Why or why not?