Transcript The United States of America, Part 2 The state of Alaska is not next to the other states.

The United States
of America, Part 2
The state of Alaska is not next to the other
states. It is only next to Canada.
Alaska is way up north.
Alaska is famous because it is very wild,
very large, and very cold!
The tallest mountain in the U.S. is in
Alaska: Mount McKinley,
which is here.
Hawaii is a state,
but it is out in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean.
Hawaii is famous because it is warm, and
people like to visit the beaches there!
The lowest point in the United States is
called Death Valley,
which is here, in California.
There are five really big lakes in the
north, called the Great Lakes.
The biggest lake
in the U.S. is Lake Superior.
The longest river is the Mississippi River.
The three biggest cities in the United
States are New York City,
which is here,
Los Angeles, California,
which is here,
and Chicago, Illinois,
which is here.
People can do a lot of things
in the United States.
In Los Angeles, California,
people make movies!
In San Jose, California,
people make software for computers.
Near Seattle, Washington,
people make big airplanes.
In Nashville, Tennessee,
people make a lot of music.
In Detroit, Michigan,
people make a lot of cars.
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
people make a lot of steel.
In New York City,
people make books, and
they make money on the stock market.
And in Boston, Massachusetts,
people learn at many famous universities.
But the United States is famous for letting
people do what they want!
The Statue of Liberty stands for freedom,
the freedom to do what you want.
The End