PAIREDREADFourVoyagesNonfictionbyFrancineThompsonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:CoverPaulBarton/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPurposeVocabularyfavorite,few,gone,nation,surprise,unite,wonder,youngPhonicsr-controlledvowelsair,are,earContentStandardsSocialStudiesAmericanHistoryWordcount:452**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119686-9MHID:0-02-119686-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.12345678DOC171615141312byFrancineThompsonPAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhydowecelebrateholidays?GenreNonfictionChapter1WhatIsLaborDay?...............2Chapter2Let’sCelebrate!....................6RespondtoReading...............11FourVoyages..............12Glossary/Index....................15FocusonSocialStudies............16Lookatthecalendar—it’sthefirstMondayofSeptember.Thatmeansit’sLaborDay!Mostgrown-upsloveLaborDay.Itmeansgettingthedayofffromwork!Formanychildren,theholidaymeanssaying“hello”toanewschoolyear.ThefirstLaborDaywasinNewYorkCityin1882.2AlfonsodeTomas/AlamyDidyoueverwonderwhyAmericanscelebrateLaborDay?LaborDayisadayforAmericanstohonorworkingmenandwomen.Longago,workersdidn’thaveiteasy.Theyhadtoworkverylonghours.Theynevergotadayoff,andtheyweren’tpaidfairlyfortheirwork.Evenveryyoungchildrenworkedindangerousjobs!Childrenusedtoworkinfactorieslikethis.3CORBISToday,ournationhaslawsthatprotectworkers.Somelawsmakesurethatworkersaresafeattheirjobs.Somelawsmakesurethatworkersgettotakebreaks.Otherlawsprotectchildren.Theselawsmakesurechildrengotoschoolinsteadofgoingtowork.Th...
