2. By Chris Pelz 1977-1981

3. He was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924 First President born in a hospital Has not died yet He is 87 years old His full name is James Earl Carter Jr.

4. He once bought five huge bails of cotton for 5 cents a pound, later he sold them for three times the original price His family grew up with no electricity or running water

5. He went to a public school He also went to the institute of technology He went to a Naval academy to study nuclear physics

6. He was a peanut farmer Went to fight in world II Took very strong environment stands Pushed for human rights He was a woodworker

7. He was a democrat Governor of Georgia Georgia senate

8. He insisted on be called Jimmy Only president who got the Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office for his untiring effort He was very funny He was honest

9. 52 hostages were taken in Iran then released on his last day of office He was concerned about the economy he insisted people use less power He made a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state killing 60 people Egypt Israel

10. He had a dog named Grits His brother Billy was so popular when Carter was president Billy got a beer named after him Billy beer He had four kids John, James, Jeffery, and Amy He was a Baptist

11. http://www.classroomhelp.com/less ons/Presidents/index.html http://www.classroomhelp.com/less ons/Presidents/index.html http://inaugural.senate.gov/hist ory/chronology/index.cfm http://inaugural.senate.gov/hist ory/chronology/index.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_carter Also thanks to miss Valvo for the links at http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/valvo http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/valvo And thanks to Clip Art creators for all the great pictures!!!!