byElizabethBreretonPAIREDREADGatewayArchExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBrandXPictures/PunchStock.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularycarved,clues,grand,landmark,massive,monument,national,tracesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:1,095**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118836-9MHID:0-02-118836-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1HonoringtheGreat....................4Chapter2WarMemorials........................8Chapter3CollectingAmerica’sHistory............11Conclusion............................14RespondtoReading..................15GatewayArch................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20byElizabethBreretonEssentialQuestionHowdolandmarkshelpusunderstandourcountry’sstory?TheCapitoliswhereCongressmeetstomakethenation’slaws.IntroductionTheNationalMallisaparkinthecenterofWashington,D.C.TheUnitedStatesCapitolbuilding,wheretheSenateandHouseofRepresentativesmeet,standsattheheadoftheNationalMall.TheWhiteHouse,wherethePresidentlivesandworks,looksoutovertheMall.TheNationalMallisanimportantgatheringplaceinournation’scapital.PeoplewatchtheinaugurationofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesfromtheMall.OntheFourthofJuly,thousandsofpeoplecometotheMalltoseeamazingfireworks.Thewideopenspacesareagreatplacestocelebratespecialevents.Peoplealsomeettheretoholdprot...
