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DURING READING
TEST PRACTICE
GUIDED PRACTICE Have students discuss how they would use the strategy to answer the following question.
What early peoples made and wore moccasins?
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE After students answer the following test question, discuss the process they used to find information.
When did berets become popular among British and American soldiers?
Use the Strategy
  1. Read the test question, looking for a key word or phrase.
  2. Scan the photographs that go with the text. Look for images that match your key word or phrase.
  3. When you find a match, read the information in the caption. Use the information to help you answer the question. Refer to the text, if necessary.
USE CAPTIONS Explain that students may be asked to read expository articles and answer questions about them on standardized tests. Often, photographs and captions accompany the text. Students can use the information in these captions to help them answer test questions. Provide the following strategy.
Strategies
for Nonfiction
Compare and Contrast
Possible response: They are sturdy and comfortable. They keep my feet warm and protect them from the ground.
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Build Background Students may be unfamiliar with Lewis and Clark. Explain that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led a team of American explorers west from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific coast and back. This was the first overland journey of its kind supported by the U.S. government.
CONNECT TEXT TO TEXT
Reading Across Texts
Review with students how the author of "Clothing" describes each item in the first paragraph of each section. Then, have students turn back to Suki's Kimono on p. 150. Ask them to name some of the features of a kimono, as described or illustrated in the story.
Writing Across Texts Provide students with the following stems to help them write their descriptions: A kimono is _____. It has _____ and _____.
Native American Moccasins
Basque Berets
Long ago, native people of North
America made shoes out of animal
hides. These shoes were called
moccasins. Moccasins were tough and
comfortable. They kept the wearer’s
feet warm. They also protected feet
from cold, rough ground.
A beret is a soft, round hat. Hundreds
of years ago, the Basque (BASK) people
made these hats out of wool. Basque
shepherds tended their flocks in the cold
mountains between France and Spain.
These hats kept their heads warm.
British General Bernard Law
Montgomery, above, popularized
the use of berets during World
War II. Even today, traditional
clothes for Basque men, below,
often include berets.
Present
Past
     In the 1920s, British tank soldiers
started wearing black berets. The hats
were comfortable. They didn’t show
grease stains. During World War II, some
British soldiers gave American soldiers
berets to wear. The hats were seen as
special. Today, some units of the United
States military wear berets.
Members of the Blackfeet
tribe (top) wore moccasins that
were dyed black. These colorful
moccasins (above) were made
years ago by Native Americans.
The moccasins below are similar
to those worn today.
Present
Past
     Native Americans taught European
settlers how to make moccasins.
Trappers and explorers wore these
shoes in the wilderness. Even Lewis
and Clark made and wore moccasins
on their trip west.
     Moccasin styles were different from
tribe to tribe. You could tell what tribe
people belonged to by looking at their
shoes. For example, the Blackfeet tribe
was called that because they dyed
their moccasins black.
     Berets became popular with
American women in the 1930s. Berets
are still worn by men, women, and
children as part of everyday outfits.
     Today, Americans of many
backgrounds wear moccasins. They
like the soft comfort of the shoe.
Writing Across Texts Write your
description.
The author of “Clothes: Bringing
Cultures Together” describes
ponchos, moccasins, and berets. How
might she describe Suki’s kimono?
Reading Across Texts
How are moccasins like the shoes you are wearing?
Compare and Contrast
 
   
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Test Practice Write the Guided Practice question on the board. Work with students to identify and underline the key words in the question. Next, have students locate the photographs that show moccasins. Point out the illustration of the Native American on horseback. Then guide them to find the related phrase Native Americans in the caption below.
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