PAIREDREADElementarySchoolLawmakersExpositoryTextbybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularyannounced,candidates,convince,decision,elect,estimate,government,independentContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordcount:1,392**PhotographyCredit:(t)Photodisc/Punchstock,(b)NoahK.Murray/StarLedger/CORBIS.**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118839-0MHID:0-02-118839-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction..............................2Chapter1ThePrimaryCampaign....................4Chapter2TheGeneralElection......................8Chapter3ElectionDay..............................12RespondtoReading......................15ElementarySchoolLawmakers...16Glossary/Index............................19FocusonSocialStudies.................20EssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemakegovernmentwork?bybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonIntroductionIfyouhaveevervotedforaclasspresident,youprobablyknowthatstudentschoosebetweentwoormoreclassmates.Thesearethecandidates.Inordertoconvincepeopletovoteforthem,thecandidatescreatepostersandgivespeechesinwhichtheypromisetomakepositivecontributionstotheclass.Onelectionday,everyonevotesforthecandidatewhohasimpressedthemthemost.Thecandidatewiththemostvoteswinstheelection.KellyCa,a12thgradeclasspresidentinPhiladelphia,introducedPresidentObamawhenhegavehisBacktoSchoolspeechin2010.2(t)Photodisc/Punchstock,(b)ScottWeiner/RetnaLtd./CORBISTheelectio...
