byElizabethBreretonPAIREDREADGatewayArchExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBrandXPictures/PunchStock.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularycarved,clues,grand,landmark,massive,monument,national,tracesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:619**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118799-7MHID:0-02-118799-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADbyElizabethBreretonEssentialQuestionHowdolandmarkshelpusunderstandourcountry’sstory?GenreExpositoryTextIntroduction......................2Chapter1HonoringtheGreat................4Chapter2WarMemorials....................8Chapter3CollectingAmerica’sHistory.........11Conclusion........................14RespondtoReading...............15GatewayArch..............16Glossary/Index....................19FocusonSocialStudies...........20IntroductionTheNationalMallisinthecenterofWashington,D.C.TheWhiteHouselooksoutovertheMall.SodoestheUnitedStatesCapitol.TheNationalMallisanimportantgatheringplaceinournation’scapital.PeoplecometotheMalltoseeanewPresidentbeswornin.OntheFourthofJuly,peoplecanwatchfireworksattheMall.TheUnitedStatesCapitolisatthetopoftheMall.21245678910111213141516171819203JeremyWoodhouse/Photodisc/GettyImagesTheNationalMallishometomanyimportantbuildings,suchasmemorialsandmuseums.PeoplecanlearnaboutAmericanhistorythere.TheNationalMall1.VietnamVeteransMemorial2.MuseumofAmericanHistory3.MuseumofNaturalHist...
