H O UG H T O N MIF F L IN by E C Hill PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Shutterstock U S Mint © Purestock/SuperStock © Comstock/Corbis (quarter) U S Mint www.coinpage.com U S Mint Shutterstock (t) R Morley/PhotoLink (r) U S Mint (t) © Shutterstock (quarter) U S Mint (b) C Squared Studios (quarter) U S Mint 10 (b) © Picture Quest (quarter) U S Mint Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777 Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02129-4 ISBN-10: 0-547-02129-1 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format Introduction Do you have an eagle in your pocket? Or a President in your piggy bank? Look at the coins you have What you see? There’s a President on the quarter He was our first President, George Washington Flip over that quarter, and you’ll see an eagle These kids are collecting coins This quarter shows Caesar Rodney, who signed the Declaration of Independence Quarters have been around for a long time Many of them are special and fun So before you and your friends dart into stores to spend your coins, you might want to look at them You’ll learn some history Lady Liberty appeared on quarters until 1932 The First Quarters When our country was new, people needed money to buy things So the leaders scrambled to make coins for them One of the coins they made was the quarter People have had quarters to spend for more than 300 years Lady Liberty was on the first quarters Lady Liberty was a symbol of freedom Her picture changed over the years Sometimes she had long hair, sometimes short Her dress changed over time, too Then in 1932, she disappeared! Why did the quarter change in 1932? Well, George Washington was born 200 years earlier, in 1732 People wanted to something special to honor our first President So they decided to put him on the quarter So Washington rapidly replaced Lady Liberty But people saved their old Lady Liberty quarters Old coins are worth a lot Quarters continued to show an eagle on the flip side The eagle was so small it looked like a pigeon! Over the years, the bird got bigger The eagle stayed on the quarter until 1999 The eagle is our national bird The State Quarters In 1999, the state quarter program began When the program was completed in 2008, there were 50 new quarters, one for each state George Washington still is on one side of the new quarter But each state decided what would go on the other side of its state quarter You can study each state’s quarter to learn a little about that state’s history Which State Was First? Which Was Last? The first state quarter was for Delaware, and the last was for Hawaii The state quarters were made in order, based on the date that each state joined the United States Lincoln lived and worked in Illinois Some states chose to put famous people on their quarters Abraham Lincoln is on the coin from Illinois He went to school and worked there as a lawyer He is buried there, too Some states put famous events or landmarks on their quarters This is Yosemite Valley People in California care a lot about nature and the outdoors So they put John Muir on their quarter He worked hard to save the redwoods and other California trees He also helped save wild lands This quarter also shows Yosemite Valley, a beautiful, wild place The coin even includes the condor The condor is the state bird Looking at the Georgia quarter will make you hungry Georgia doesn’t have a famous person on its coin It has a peach! Georgia is famous for its peaches The coin also shows oak branches because Georgia has many beautiful oaks The quarter includes an outline of the state Georgia grows many peaches and is called the “peach state.” Learn about History Coin collectors love the new quarters It’s a fun way to learn about our country Plus the coins will last for a long time They won’t get ragged like paper money What could you find if you sorted through the change in your pockets? Are there any quarters in there? If so, take a close look You might learn a lot! The lariat, or rope, that circles the Texas quarter stands for the cowboy history of Texas 10 Responding Word Builder Make a word web about things people collect Add more kinds of things TARGET VOCABULARY thoughts things people collect Write About It Text to Self Write two paragraphs about things you collect or would like to collect Use words and information from your word web 11 TARGET VOCABULARY collect continued darted orders ragged rapidly scrambled sorted Question Ask questions before you read, as you read, and after you read TARGET STRATEGY Drop the -s and you’d want to place one of these at a restaurant 12 Level: N DRA: 30 Social Studies Strategy: Question Word Count: 633 3.2.6 Build Vocabulary HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02129-4 ISBN-10: 0-547-02129-1 1032014 ... eagle is our national bird The State Quarters In 1999, the state quarter program began When the program was completed in 2008, there were 50 new quarters, one for each state George Washington still... new quarter But each state decided what would go on the other side of its state quarter You can study each state s quarter to learn a little about that state s history Which State Was First? Which... Was Last? The first state quarter was for Delaware, and the last was for Hawaii The state quarters were made in order, based on the date that each state joined the United States Lincoln lived