ExpositoryTextbybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonPAIREDREADElementarySchoolLawmakersSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesELLVocabularydecide,president,voteVocabularyannounced,candidates,convince,decision,elect,estimate,government,independentContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordcount:698**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:978-0-02-119273-1MHID:0-02-119273-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.............................2Chapter1ThePrimaryCampaign..................4Chapter2TheGeneralElection....................8Chapter3ElectionDay............................12RespondtoReading....................15ElementarySchoolLawmakers..16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonSocialStudies...............20bybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemakegovernmentwork?IntroductionHaveyouevervotedforaclasspresident?Theclassmateswhowanttobeclasspresidentarethecandidates.Thecandidatesgivespeechesaboutwhattheywilldoaspresident.Onvotingday,studentsvoteforthecandidatetheythinkwillmakethebestclasspresident.Thecandidatewiththemostvoteswins.KellyCawaspresidentofherclasswhensheintroducedaspeechbyPresidentObamain2010.KellyCa2(t)Photodisc/Punchstock,(b)ScottWeiner/RetnaLtd./CORBISWhoCanBePresident?TheConstitutionhasonlythreerulesaboutwhocanbepresident.Itstatesthatapresidentmust:beatleast35yearsoldbeanatur...
