PAIREDREADGatewayArchExpositoryTextbyElizabethBreretonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:CoverBrandXPictures/PunchStock.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularycarved,clues,grand,landmark,massive,monument,national,tracesContentStandardsSocialStudiesHistoryWordcount:881**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118968-7MHID:0-02-118968-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1HonoringtheGreat....................4Chapter2WarMemorials........................8Chapter3CollectingAmerica’sHistory............11Conclusion............................14RespondtoReading..................15GatewayArch................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies..............20byElizabethBreretonEssentialQuestionHowdolandmarkshelpusunderstandourcountry’sstory?IntroductionTheNationalMallisaparkinthecenterofWashington,D.C.TheCapitolbuildingstandsattheheadoftheNationalMall.TheWhiteHouselooksoutovertheMall.TheNationalMallisanimportantgatheringplaceinournation’scapital.PeoplewatchtheinaugurationofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesfromtheMall.OntheFourthofJuly,thousandsofpeoplecometotheMalltoseefireworks.Peoplealsomeettheretoholdprotestsandrallies.TheCapitoliswhereCongressmeetstomakethenation’slaws.21245678910111213141516171819203TheNationalMallishometomanyimportantmonuments,museums,andmemorials.Heroesarehonoredwithstatuesandplaques.The...
