Honremos a nuestros héroes: Día de los Veteranos (Remembering Our Heroes: Veterans Day)

Introduce young students to George Washington, founding father and first president of the United States. This Spanish-translated nonfiction biography teaches readers about the life and accomplishments of George Washington, and helps them understand why we celebrate his life. Readers will be engaged and build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. Students will learn what life was like for people living in the Southern Colonies. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

La Geología es una ciencia sumamente atractiva ya que abarca cuestiones trascendentales relacionadas con nuestro planeta: su origen, su formación, la vida en tiempos pasados y los procesos actuales de evolución, en la que los seres humanos intervenimos de manera activa. En este volumen se analiza, además de su origen y formación, la estructura de la Tierra, la composición de la atmósfera, la deriva de los continentes, los volcanes, la formación del relieve, los glaciares, el mar, el ciclo geológico y los mapas.

Cuando Aicher antepone lo analogico y concreto a lo digital y abstracto, lo hace con intencion filosofica. Relativiza el papel de la razon pura y critica el racionalismo de la modernidad como fruto del predominio de un mero pensar abstracto. A juicio de Aicher, anteponer lo abstracto a lo concreto crea una falsa jerarquia, un orden, que es fatal para la cultura. Lo digital, abstracto, no es mas elevado, mayor o mas importante que lo analogico, concreto. Otl Aicher, co-fundador de la ya legendaria escuela de Ulm, es uno de los representantes sobresalientes del diseno moderno. Entre sus...

Ésta es la historia de dos príncipes hermanos unidos por su lucha común contra el usurpador que provocó la muerte de su padre y robó su trono. Ambos irán distanciándose en una rivalidad por la pasión que despierta en ellos la misma fascinante mujer, y porque las propias gestas que les reportan poder y gloria también les hacen saborear el sutil veneno del orgullo, la ambición y la envidia... pues sólo uno puede ceñir la corona. Leeréis una epopeya fantástica pero pseudohistórica, en un mundo imaginario lleno de aventuras.

Making a decision can sometimes be tough. Consider how difficult it is for people to make decisions as a group. It definitely is a skill that must be learned and exercised. This book uses age-appropriate text to explore how leadership and communication can help groups, from students to politicians, make decisions. The text also offers insight on how to deal with people in groups who aren't positively contributing to the decision-making process. Readers will enjoy learning about working with others to make decisions and other valuable civics concepts from the C3 Framework for Social Studies.