MarjoryStonemanDouglasBYJANEKELLEYBYJANEKELLEYGUARDIANOFTHEEVERGLADESPAIREDREADTheStoryoftheTreeMusketeersBiographySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:(bkgd)DigitalVision/Punchstock,(tr)MortonBeebe/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,667**ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyexport,glistening,influenced,landscape,native,plantations,restored,urgedContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119234-2MHID:0-02-119234-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110MarjoryStonemanDouglasGUARDIANOFTHEEVERGLADESBYJANEKELLEYPAIREDREADIntroduction..................................2Chapter1EarlyLife.....................................3Chapter2ARiverofGrass..............................7Chapter3FightingOn..................................10Conclusion...................................14RespondtoReading.........................15TheStoryoftheTreeMusketeers...16Glossary/Index...............................19FocusonScience....................20EssentialQuestionWhatimpactdoouractionshaveonourworld?DigitalVision/PunchstockIntroductionThisareaintheEvergladesiscalledafreshwaterprairie.TheEvergladesinsouthernFloridaweregiventhatnamebecausetheglades,orgrassyplaces,seemedtogoonforever.Waterflowedallacrosstheareaaswell.Thegroundwastoowetforcropsorbuildings.Manypeoplelookedatthislandscapeandsawauselessswamp.WriterMarjoryStonemanDouglascouldseetherichvarietyoflifeintheEvergladesandhowtheplacewasdifferentfro...
