9/5 Intro to the Text

America: Pathways to the Present
Textbook Search

1. What is the definition of napalm? What part of the text would you find that answer?
2. Who are the four main authors of the book?
3. What does the map on page 15 depict? How did you arrive at this answer?
4. Each section has four bolded skills to help your reading at the top of the page that begins the selection. One of these is Reading Focus. What are the other three?
5. What are the key terms of Ch. 17 Sec. 2 (p. 575)?
6. In the Chapter Introduction to Ch. 23 on p. 762-3, what years are covered in the timeline? What events are covered on the top part of the timeline? What events are on the bottom part? What does the yellow bar depict?
7. On what page(s) would you find information about Watergate? In what section of the text would you find the answer?
8. On what page of the book would you find the U.S. Population by Race in the year 2000? What section of the book is that in?
9. What is the title of the American Literature selection for Unit 6? On what page did you find that information? Who wrote this primary selection?
10. What are the bolded skills that explain how you should read informational texts for Before you Read, As you Read and After you Read on pages xxviii-xxxiii?