BiographyPAIREDREADTheLifesaverbyGeoffFairburnEuniceKennedyShriverSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesandSuffixesVocabularycitizenship,continues,daring,horrified,participate,proposed,unfairness,waverContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordcount:1,703**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:978-0-02-118901-4MHID:0-02-118901-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110EssentialQuestionWhatdogoodcitizensdo?PAIREDREADbyGeoffFairburnEuniceKennedyShriverEuniceKennedyShriverIntroduction.............................2Chapter1GrowingUp..............................4Chapter2ALifeofPublicService..................7Chapter3FromCampShrivertoSpecialOlympics........................10RespondtoReading....................15TheLifesaver..................16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonSocialStudies................202SpecialOlympicsIntroductionOnJuly20,1968,historywasmadeinChicago,Illinois.Onethousandathletesfrom26statesandCanadagatheredatSoldierField.Thiswasthestartofaveryspecialsportsevent.Awomanspoketotheathletesandthesmallcrowdofonehundredspectators.Thewomantoldtheathletestosaytothemselves,“Letmewin,butifIcannotwin,letmebebraveintheattempt.”Thesewordswouldberepeatedmanytimesinyearstocomeatthissamesportsevent.“InancientRome,thegladiatorswentintothearenawiththesewordsontheirlips:letmewin,butifIcannotwin,letmebebraveinthea...
