PAIREDREADElementarySchoolLawmakersExpositoryTextbybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyPrefixesVocabularyannounced,candidates,convince,decision,elect,estimate,government,independentContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsandGovernmentWordcount:947**PhotographyCredit:Cover(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:978-0-02-119001-0MHID:0-02-119001-1PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.............................2Chapter1ThePrimaryCampaign..................4Chapter2TheGeneralElection....................8Chapter3ElectionDay............................12RespondtoReading....................15ElementarySchoolLawmakers..16Glossary/Index..........................19FocusonSocialStudies...............20bybyMaryAtkinsonMaryAtkinsonEssentialQuestionHowdopeoplemakegovernmentwork?IntroductionHaveyouevervotedforaclasspresident?Ifso,youprobablyknowthatstudentschoosebetweentwoormoreclassmates.Thesepeoplearethecandidates,andtheywantpeopletovoteforthem.Theyhangupposters.Theygivespeechespromisingtodogoodthingsiftheywin.Onvotingday,everyonevotesforthecandidatetheythinkwillmakethebestclasspresident.Theonewiththemostvoteswins.KellyCa,a12thgradeclasspresidentinPhiladelphia,introducedPresidentObamawhenhegavehisBacktoSchoolspeechin2010.2(t)Photodisc/Punchstock,(b)ScottWeiner/RetnaLtd./CORBISWhoCanBePresident?TheConstitutionhasonlythreerulesabout...
