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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Route 66A Reading AZ Level T Leveled BookWord Count:1,178WritingImagine you took a road trip down Route 66.Write at least three journal entries describing your trip.Use information from the book and outside resources.Social Studies and ArtCrea

2、te a timeline of Route 66s history with at least six events.Include a picture and a description of each event.Connectionswww.readinga-LEVELED BOOK TQTWWritten by Emily Schlesingerwww.readinga-What is the significance of Route 66?Focus QuestionWritten by Emily SchlesingerRoute 66 16Glossarybypassed(v

3、.)passed by or avoided,often to make a process quicker or easier(p.8)convertible(n.)a car with a roof that can be folded back or removed(p.4)deteriorate(v.)to become worse over time(p.15)fiberglass(n.)a light,strong material made of thin threads of glass,sometimes embedded in a material similar to p

4、lastic(p.13)highway(n.)a main road that connects towns or cities(p.4)landmarks(n.)important historical buildings or sites;objects on land that mark a place(p.9)preserving(v.)preventing decay or keeping something in its original state(p.15)road trip(n.)a trip taken in a car or other vehicle to visit

5、places away from home(p.4)transported(v.)carried from one place to another(p.7)16Photo Credits:Front cover:Ian Dagnall/Alamy Stock Photo;title page:RGB Ventures/SuperStock/Alamy Stock Photo;page 4:Andy Caulfield/Photographers Choice/Getty Images;page 5:Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Phot

6、o;page 6:Granger,NYC;page 7:Dorothea Lange/Resettlement Administration/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images;page 8(top):Gene Lester/Archive Photos/Getty Images;page 8(bottom):Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images;page 9(top):Matthew Richardson/Alamy Stock Photo;page 9(bottom):ZUMA Press

7、,Inc./Alamy Stock Photo;page 11(top):REX/Shutterstock;page 11(bottom):Tracy Godsey/Alamy Stock Photo;page 12(top):giuseppemasci/123RF;page 12(bottom):Steve Lagreca/123RF;page 13(top left):Marcia Straub/Moment Mobile/Getty Images;page 13(top center):Franck Fotos/Alamy Stock Photo;page 13(top right):V

8、ictor Watts/REX/Shutterstock;page 13(bottom):Denise Panyik-Dale/Moment Mobile/Getty Images;page 14(top):Atomazul/D;page 14(bottom):Zrfphoto/D;page 15:Nancy Hoyt Belcher/Alamy Stock PhotoWords to Knowbypassed convertible deteriorate fiberglass highway landmarks preserving road trip transported Route

9、66Level T Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Emily SchlesingerAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL TP3838Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA15Saving Route 66With Route 66s popularity came trafficlots of it.Heavy traffic caused the highway to deteriorate.From 1956 through the 1980s,new in

10、terstateshigh-speed highways with many laneswere built around Route 66.As more travelers took interstates,businesses on Route 66 suffered,and many closed.Peeling paint,faded signs,and boarded-up windows became common sights.In 1999,the United States Congress passed a law to protect Route 66.The gove

11、rnment offered money to help businesses and towns pay the cost of preserving important landmarks.Now Route 66 is growing popular again as many return to seek its amusing artwork and creative spirit.The best way to catch the spirit of Route 66 is to drive it.Youre sure to have an unforgettable Americ

12、an experience of your own!Route 66 Red Rocker,Fanning,MORoute 66 Level T153Table of ContentsIntroduction .4Americas Main Street .5Route 66 in Popular Culture .8Roadside Attractions .10Cadillac Ranch .11Elmers Bottle Tree Ranch .12Blue Whale .12A Land of Giants .13Dinosaurs by the Dozen .14Saving Rou

13、te 66 .15Glossary .16 Route 66 Level T14Dinosaurs by the DozenOn Route 66,you can be greeted by prehistoric creatures of all shapes and sizes.Dinny is likely the largest concrete dinosaur in America.He is 150 feet(45.7 m)long and lives at a dinosaur park in Cabazon,California.Claude Bell built the p

14、ark to attract visitors to his nearby restaurant,the Wheel Inn.The dinosaur park became famous.It was even featured in the 1985 movie Pee-wees Big Adventure.Mr.Rex,a three-story Tyrannosaurus rex,is a popular feature at Cabazon Dinosaurs.Dinny cost$300,000 and was made from roadside materials.4Intro

15、ductionIts 1957.You take the top down on your cherry-red convertible.Rock n roll music blasts from the speakers.Ahead of you is nothing but open road.Could this drive get any better?You think notuntil you pass a three-story-tall ice cream cone covered in sprinkles.Your mouth waters.Should you stop?W

16、aittheres a cheeseburger the size of a bus.Time for a quick lunch instead!When its time to rest for the night,you park next to your teepee-shaped hotel room.What a spectacular day it was on the road!Who knows what tomorrow will bring?This was no imaginary road trip.Youve just taken a real road trip

17、down Americas favorite highway,Route 66.Route 66 takes drivers across the entire American West.13A Land of GiantsRoute 66 is truly a land of giants.A California factory built thousands of huge fiberglass statues.Businesses along Route 66 used them for advertising.The factory added costumes to turn t

18、hem into cowboys,Native Americans,astronauts,and even chickens.Many of the biggest statues on Route 66 are food statues.Enormous oranges,donuts,cheeseburgers,and ice cream cones make for a mouthwatering ride.Look out the window near Collinsville,Illinois,and you may see the largest catsup bottle in

19、the world!Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower,Collinsville,ILPaul Bunyon,Atlanta,ILChicken Boy,Los Angeles,CAGemini Giant,Wilmington,ILRoute 66 Level T5Americas Main StreetHave you ever seen a road map of the United States?It looks a lot like an enormous spiderweb.Huge highways zigzag from coast to coa

20、st.They connect nearly every city in between.Getting around is easy:just jump in a car and hit the road!A hundred years ago,driving across the country wasnt quite so easy.Most“roads”were just small dirt trails.Cars often broke down,got stuck in mud,or popped tires on jagged rocks.In the 1920s,the Un

21、ited States government created a new system of numbered highways to make driving cross-country easier.The first highway to be fully paved stretched 2,400 miles(3,862 km)from Chicago,Illinois,to Los Angeles,California.Its name was Route 66,but many fondly called it the“Main Street of America.”Route 6

22、6 Level T12Growing up,Elmer Long collected bottles and other items people had thrown away.The Blue Whale of Catoosa,Oklahoma,has a boardwalk along its spine.Elmers Bottle Tree RanchFolk artist Elmer Long built Bottle Tree Ranch out of recycled bottles,car parts,and other objectsincluding buffalo jaw

23、bones.When the desert wind blows through the open bottles,the air fills with music.Blue WhaleWhat do you give the woman who has everything?Hugh Davis built his wife an 80-foot(24.4 m)blue whale for their anniversary.For many years,kids loved to slide and dive from the Blue Whales body into the swimm

24、ing hole below.6Americas Main Street was soon put to the test.In 1929,hard times hit the United States.Many banks failed,causing people to lose their savings.A great number of people lost their jobs and homes as well.The period that followed was known as the Great Depression.Meanwhile,a series of dr

25、oughtslong periods without raindestroyed many farms.The hardest-hit areas were in Kansas,Colorado,Oklahoma,Texas,and New Mexico.This historic time period was known as the Dust Bowl era.Suddenly,many people were forced to leave their homes to seek a better life elsewhere.Many believed paradise could

26、be found in California.Thousands packed up their belongings and made the long journey west.How did they get there?On a new road named Route 66.The Dust Bowl in LiteratureThe Grapes of Wrath,by John Steinbeck,is a classic novel published in 1939.It is about a family fleeing Oklahoma during the Dust B

27、owl era and making the long journey down Route 66 to seek work in California.Steinbeck described Route 66 as“the mother road”and“the road of flight.”11Cadillac Ranch sits in a pasture where cows graze.Cadillac RanchIn 1974,some artists buried ten Cadillacs nose down in a field,rear bumpers sticking

28、straight up toward the sky.Now the cars are every color of the rainbow because visitors have covered them with spray paint.At the nearby VW Slug Bug Ranch in Conway,Texas,five colorful Volkswagen Beetles stick out of the ground.Route 66 Level T7On December 8,1941,the United States entered World War

29、II.Soldiers,workers,and supplies needed to be quickly transported from around the country to military bases in the West.How did they get there?On Route 66,of course!Restaurants,gas stations,and hotels began to spring up along the route to serve these wartime workers.When the war ended in 1945,Americ

30、ans celebrated.Soldiers came home,started families,and purchased cars.Many wanted to drive their new cars west to see sights like the Grand Canyonby way of Route 66!In the 1930s,1.2 million people moved to California.About 16,000 of them went because of difficult conditions during the Dust Bowl era.

31、Route 66 Level T10Roadside AttractionsMuseums,motels,and shops are found along Route 66 in every state the route passes through.Route 66 is also full of unique art,historic gas stations,and theaters.In addition,travelers can see live shows.For instance,you can see a Native American dance ceremony in

32、 New Mexico or a rodeo in Oklahoma.One things for sureyou wont be bored on Route 66!q Gemini Giant,Wilmington,ILw Paul Bunyon,Atlanta,IL e Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower,Collinsville,IL r Red Rocker,Fanning,MO t Blue Whale,Catoosa,OK y Slug Bug Ranch,Conway,TX u Cadillac Ranch,Amarillo,TX i Wigwam

33、 Motel,Holbrook,AZ o Elmers Bottle Tree Ranch,Oro Grande,CA 1)Cabazon Dinosaurs,Cabazon,CA 1!Chicken Boy,Los Angeles,CA Los AngelesCAAZNMRoute 66UNITED STATESCANADAPACIFIC OCEANATLANTIC OCEANMEXICOTXOKMOILChicagoRoute 66 Attractionsqwertyuio1)1!8Route 66 in Popular CultureThe years after World War I

34、I were great days for Route 66.Shiny new cars and yellow Checker cabs cruised up and down the route.In 1946,a song called“Route 66”became a top hit.Its most famous line urged listeners to“get your kicks on Route Sixty-Six.”This song helped make the highway famous.In 1960,a new TV show called Route 6

35、6 followed two friends who drove across the country in a Corvette.They werent going anywhere in particular;instead,they were looking for adventures on the road.By 1970,most of the original Route 66 was bypassed by a new highway.However,Route 66 remained part of American popular culture through the e

36、nd of the century.The popular television show Route 66 aired from 1960 to 1964.The original version of the song“Route 66”was performed by the Nat King Cole Trio in 1946.9Fast forward to the year 2000.John Lasseter,the director of Pixar Animation Studios,was driving along Route 66 with his family.He

37、fell in love with the imaginative buildings and colorful art he saw.He decided to turn his experiences into a Disney-Pixar movie called Cars,which was released in 2006.Lasseter sent a team down Route 66 to do research for the movie.Some of the roadside art they found inspired characters in Cars.They

38、 used Route 66 landmarks in the movie.For example,the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook,Arizona,became the Cozy Cone Motel.Cars was so successful that many families who saw it decided to take their own vacations along Route 66.This made the route popular again.This rusty tow truck(top)in Galena,Kansas,became the inspiration for the Cars movie character Tow Mater(bottom).Route 66 Level T