NarrativeNonfictionPAIREDREADFoodforThoughtByVictoriaTremperByVictoriaTremperChangeASTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverJamesMarshall/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:SequenceVocabularyStrategyPrefixesandSuffixesVocabularyabundant,impoverished,ingenuity,productivity,sharecroppers,solitude,unearthed,windsweptContentStandardsSocialStudiesEconomicsWordCount:2,882**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119261-8MHID:0-02-119261-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110ByVictoriaTremperByVictoriaTremperChangeEssentialQuestionWhatcanpeopleaccomplishbyworkingtogether?PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1ANewIdeaforJigawa........................4Chapter2ANewIdeaforParaguay.....................10Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18FoodforThought..................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonSocialStudies.....................24Everyday,peopleincommunitiesaroundtheworldworktogethertohelpchangethingsforthebetter,provingthatpeoplecanaccomplishgreatthingswhentheyjoinforces.Onewaythattheyfindsolutionstoproblemsisbylookingatnaturalresourcesavailableintheirareasandthinkingabouthowtheycanbeusedinnewways.Bypoolingtheirdifferenttalents,theybecomemoreeffectiveasagroupthantheywouldbeworkingalone.Althoughmanyideasstartoffinsolitude,withonepersonfollowinganideaormakingadecision,bigchangesusuallyrequiremoreeffortthananysingle...
