byAndrewGunnXxxxXxxPAIREDREADASailor’sStoryNarrativeNonfictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyAdagesandProverbsVocabularyagitated,crucial,futile,populous,presumed,smoldering,undiminished,urgencyContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryPhotographyCredit:HultonArchive/Stringer/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,918**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119203-8MHID:0-02-119203-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction................................2Chapter1BeforetheExplosion.........................4Chapter2KrakatoaExplodes..........................8Chapter3EffectsAroundtheWorld...................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading........................18ASailor’sStory...................19Glossary....................................22Index......................................23FocusonSocialStudies....................24EssentialQuestionHowdowelearnabouthistoricalevents?byAndrewGunn(bkgd)Photodisc/GettyImagesOnAugust27,1883,theislandofKrakatoaexploded.Smokeanddebriswereblastedmorethan20miles(32kilometers)intothesky.Giantwavesweregenerated.Theywashedawaytownsandvillagesonnearbyislands.ThousandsofpeoplewerekilledeventhoughnoonelivedonKrakatoa.Theexplosiondestroyedmostoftheisland.Itwasheardthousandsofmilesaway.Theeffectsoftheblastwerefeltaroundtheworld.Ashanddustintheatmospherecausedvividredsunsetsformanymonths.Manysurvivorssawtheeruption.Thatishowweknowalotaboutw...
