PAIREDREADGatewayArchbyElizabethBreretonExpositoryTextSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBrandXPictures/PunchStock.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsELLVocabularyhonors,served,termVocabularycarved,clues,grand,landmark,massive,monument,national,tracesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:764**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119050-8MHID:0-02-119050-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1HonoringtheGreat....................4Chapter2WarMemorials........................8Chapter3CollectingAmerica’sHistory............11Conclusion............................14RespondtoReading..................15GatewayArch................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20byElizabethBreretonEssentialQuestionHowdolandmarkshelpusunderstandourcountry’sstory?IntroductionTheNationalMallisinthecenterofWashington,D.C.TheCapitolbuildingisatthetopoftheNationalMall.TheWhiteHouselooksoutovertheMall.TheNationalMallisanimportantmeetingplace.PeoplewatchtheinaugurationofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesfromtheMall.ManypeoplecometotheMalltowatchfireworksonJuly4.PeoplealsogettogethertospeakfororagainstthingstheyareconcernedaboutasAmericans.TheCapitolisatthetopoftheNationalMall.TheCapitol21245678910111213141516171819203TheNationalMallishometoimportantbuildings.Theseincludemonumentsandmuseums.PeoplecanlearnaboutAme...