PAIREDREADChicago:JazzCentralHistoricalFictionbyDavidMurphyillustratedbyCarlPearceHARDTIMESSTRATEGIES&SKILLS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyIdiomsVocabularyassuming,guarantee,nominate,obviously,rely,supportive,sympathy,weaklingELLVocabularyafford,assembled,chaos,stubbornContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryAWordCount:1,908**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119139-0MHID:0-02-119139-5PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1AToughDecision.............................2Chapter2LifeWithoutDaddy...........................7Chapter3TogetherAgain...............................12RespondtoReading.........................16Chicago:JazzCentral...............17FocusonGenre..............................20EssentialQuestionHowdosharedexperienceshelppeopleadapttochange?byDavidMurphyillustratedbyCarlPearceHARDTIMESRuthandRitchieTillermanweretwins.Theyhadjustblownoutthecandleontheirbirthdaycake.Itwastheirtwelfthbirthday,butitdidn’tfeellikeaparty.Itwas1933,fouryearsafterthestartoftheGreatDepression.TheTillermanfamilywasstrugglingtosurviveontheirsmallfarm.Mr.Tillermansaid,“Wecan’tkeeplivinglikethis.Ifigureifwedon’tdosomethingsoon,we’llhavetomovewesttolookforsomethingbetter.”Thenextmorning,thefamilysawaparadeofautomobilespassbytheirfarm.Thecarsandtruckswerefilledwithboxes,andsuitcasesweretiedtotheroofsofthecars.Ruthwaved,butnoonewavedback.AmericaandtheworldwereinchaosafterthestockmarketcrashofOctober1929.Manyfarm...
