Name Date The Health Care Law and the Supreme Court Doctors, hospitals, and medicines are very in the U.S. Most people have some kind of health that helps pay for medical expenses. People with very low may have Medicaid. Most people over 65 have. However, before 2010, 50 people did not have any health insurance at all. In 2010 Congress* passed a law ( Care Act) to make sure all Americans have health insurance. It took many to write the law. The law has more than 2,000. President Obama signed the law March 23, 2010. Many people call this law ObamaCare. The law says that must have health insurance. Owners with large businesses will have to for their employees health insurance. People with very low incomes will get help from the government to pay for their health insurance. pages months expensive insurance pay income million affordable everyone Medicare
Name Date Job Benefits For most people, the most important benefit of a job is a. People get other benefits from their jobs, too. People may their work. People may like being with other. They may like creating things, building things, and being. They like learning new skills. The law does not tell employers to pay for, holidays, life insurance, medical or dental or vision insurance, uniforms, scholarships, bonuses, sick, personal days, discounts, retirement plans, or severance pay. These are called benefits. There are many jobs without such benefits. Some employers want to give these fringe benefits. Fringe benefits help them to get employees and keep them happy. At other jobs, work to get the benefits for workers. The unions sign with employers about the pay rates and the benefits for workers. people good unions contracts paycheck useful vacations days fringe enjoy
Asian and Pacific-Islander Heritage Month May is the month that Asian Americans and Pacific-Island Americans celebrate their. This month marks the anniversary of the Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) to the United States. It s also the month to mark the completion of the transcontinental May 10, 1869. Thousands of Chinese workers helped it. (see page 7.) About percent of the people in the United States are Asian or Pacific- Island American. Schools have special programs to show the art,, food, languages, and cultures of their homelands. Many communities have parades, music, dance, art exhibits, tasting, and demonstrations of martial. Asian-Americans and Pacific- Americans are active in American business,, medicine, literature*, sports, TV, movies, music, news reporting, art, and government. five Island science railroad build food arts heritage first music
I Missed the Race I went to a swimming meet in Pittsburgh with my. We started to warm up at the pool and get ourselves ready for the. When the meet started I was in the first. There were just two in this heat. A woman came over to start us with her. At first she blew a short sound from the whistle. I went over to the. I turned back because I didn t see anyone waiting to race. Unfortunately, I didn t at the guy on my right. The woman said in a very low voice, Get on your! Then I heard the sound, PEEEEEEP. At that moment I saw the other guy in the water. I couldn t what happened. I was shocked. About 30 seconds later a coach came over to me. He asked me which heat I was in. I told him I was in the first heat. Then he told me I was to be in the water right now. Ali Khalafalla Fork Union, Virginia (Egypt) understand mark teammates swimmers supposed look dock whistle races heat
Dr. Ali: Allergies Some substances that trigger allergies are foods, pollen, and spores. Mold allergy is the most. Molds are everywhere in our water, food, and. They easily enter our body. Molds multiply in the bowel and blood. Molds produce. Yeast and other forms of mold can multiply rapidly when we eat a lot of and grains. Mold can also multiply rapidly when we are under a lot of or when we take antibiotics. What causes one person to be to something when another person is not allergic to it? A person may have an tendency to be allergic to certain substances. A person s general health and the food he or she eats can determine if allergic will show up. sugar troublesome inherited symptoms mold air toxins stress allegic rapidly
Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park is a wilderness in north western Virginia. It s just 75 miles away from DC. More than a million visitors come to the park each. Ninety percent of the park is covered with. More than ten thousand living make their home in this park. Part of the Blue Ridge Mountains are in the park. In the 1930s, U.S. President Herbert Hoover had his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was here than in Washington. Hikers love the scenes of quiet woods, waterfalls, and grand view from the mountain. You can camp, fish, ride, and watch birds and other wild life. Washington forest tops summer cooler area year creatures beautiful horses
The Transcontinental Railroad Building railroads was very hard work. Each rail weighed 700. It took five men to lift one rail. The Union Pacific hired former slaves and former. They hired immigrants from Ireland,, Germany, and England. Many Indian lived on the plains. They did not want the railroad to go through their. They attacked the workers. The sent 5,000 soldiers to protect the railroad builders. In, most of the Central Pacific Company s workers quit when they got to the Sierra Nevada. They wanted to look for and gold! They hoped they could get. silver rich pounds Company Mexico tribes land soldiers government California
May: Which Word Does Not belong? Three words in each row go together. One word does not belong with them. Draw a circle around the word that does not belong. Be able to explain your reasons. A B C D 1. Medicare Medicaid health insurance Supreme Court 2. free ride pre-existing condition emergency room penalty 3. sick pay contract paid vacation retirement plan 4. corporation company employee business 5. community martial arts acupuncture yoga 6. China Canada Japan Vietnam 7. Cinco de Mayo Memorial Day Easter Mother s Day 8. mold spores food asthma pollen 9. Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah National Park Appalachian Trail 10. former slaves ex-soldiers immigrants Indian tribes 11. ship train wagon gold 12. tunnel rails track spike