People celebrate Mother’s Day every year in May. It has been around for more than one hundred years. Kids celebrate by buying gifts, flowers, and cards for their mothers. Do you know who started the holiday? Did you know that she later tried to get rid of Mother’s Day?
Ann Reeves Jarvis wanted to help mothers. She started clubs for mothers in the 1800s. She wanted to help mothers take care of their babies. People called her “Mother Jarvis.” Ann started “Mother’s Friendship Day” during the Civil War. She wanted women to help the country make peace.
Ann Reeves Jarvis had a daughter named Anna. Anna wanted to help mothers, too. She started a Mother’s Day celebration where she lived in May of 1908. Then, she tried to spread her idea. Other states and towns started to celebrate. In 1914, Anna shared her idea with the president. He made Mother’s Day a national holiday! FAST FACT: Anna Jarvis never married or had any children of her own.
Anna Jarvis wanted Mother’s Day to be simple. She wanted children to visit their moms and thank them. However, things changed when the holiday became popular. Card and flower companies started to sell gifts for Mother’s Day. They wanted to make money. Anna was so angry! She did not want the holiday to be about gifts. Anna fought the card and flower companies. She even took some to court! FAST FACT: Anna said that people who bought cards for their mothers instead of hand making them were “lazy.”
Anna did not stop fighting for Mother’s Day. She spent
the rest of her life trying to fix it. By the time she died in 1948, Anna had driven herself crazy. Sadly, she died in a sanitarium. A sanitarium is a place for people with mental sickness.
Mother’s Day became even more popular after Anna died. Today, card and flower companies make billions of dollars off the holiday. It is the second most popular day to give gifts. It is the third most popular day to give cards. It is the most popular day to eat out.
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KEY IDEAS & DETAILS 1. According to the first paragraph of the text, how do most people celebrate Mother’s Day? RI.1 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the work that Ann Reeves Jarvis did related to Mother's Day. RI.3 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Explain how the first Mother’s Day came about. RI.3 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Explain why Anna Jarvis later tried to stop Mother’s Day from happening. RI.3 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Summarize how Mother’s Day changed over time. RI.2 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Directions: Answer these questions after you read the passage. Remember to begin your answer by restating part of the question, use direct evidence from the text, and explain your thinking.
CRAFT & STRUCTURE 6. Explain the meaning of the term “sanitarium." RI.4 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. How is the passage organized? (Chronological, cause/effect, comparison/contrast, description, problem/solution). Use evidence from the text to explain your answer. RI.5 __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE & IDEAS
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