BiographyPAIREDREADTheLifesaverbyGeoffFairburnEuniceKennedyShriverSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesandSuffixesVocabularycitizenship,continue,daring,horrified,participate,proposed,unfairness,waverContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordcount:972**PhotographyCredit:CoverJohnLoengard/Time&LifePictures/GettyImages.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118828-4MHID:0-02-118828-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110EssentialQuestionWhatdogoodcitizensdo?EuniceKennedyShriverbyGeoffFairburnPAIREDREADIntroduction..........................2Chapter1GrowingUp...........................4Chapter2ALifeofPublicService...............7Chapter3FromCampShrivertoSpecialOlympics.....................10RespondtoReading.................15TheLifesaver................16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonSocialStudies.............202SpecialOlympicsIntroductionIn1968,averyspecialeventtookplace.Onethousandathletesgottogetherforasportsevent.Therewerearoundonehundredpeoplewatching.Astheeventbegan,awomanspoketotheathletes.Shesaid,“Letmewin,butifIcannotwin,letmebebraveintheattempt.”“InancientRome,thegladiatorswentintothearenawiththesewordsontheirlips:letmewin,butifIcannotwin,letmebebraveintheattempt.Today,allofyouyoungathletesareinthearena.Manyofyouwillwin.Butevenmoreimportant,Iknowyouwillbebraveandbringcredittoyourparentsandtoyourcountry.”EuniceKennedyShriver(1968)3SpecialOlympicsThiswast...
