Indígenas de California (California Indians)

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. This primary source biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. 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...

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. This primary source book focuses on the history of California’s Native American tribes: the Tongva, Yokuts, Yana, and Yahi. 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...

The author tells about the origin and development of two Spanish romances: The Alfambra woman buried alive and The lovers of Teruel. The first recounts the infidelity of a lecherous woman, the Countess of Alfambra, who betrays her husband by delivering him to his enemy; and whose final dénouement is the defeat of the adulterous couple and their being condemned to death by being burnt at the stake. The Story of the Lovers of Teruel recounts the tragic life of one of the members of the Marcilla family, enamoured of a rich damsel who returned his love. However, her father's refusal to consent...

Esta obra es una aproximación crítica al estudio de las relaciones de Manolo Millares Sall (1926-1972) con la historia de su convulso tiempo y la influencia de éste en la pintura, en su creación en general. Partiendo de una imagen guardada por Millares en su álbum personal de recuerdos, la fotografía de 1945 de los Mussolini colgados en la plaza Loreto de Milán, el autor revisa la conmoción que los tiempos en los que vivió, y el conocimiento de ciertos hechos trágicos de los mismos, derivaron hacia su sentido artístico. La destrucción y el amor corrían parejos por páramos...

When Eco the bear realizes that his friends the bees are missing, he decides to go look for them. His journey takes him around the world where he meets 11 different characters attempting to solve some of the world's greatest problems—air and water pollution, consumerism, extinction, deforestation, global warming, hunger, lack of education, poverty, and war. Each chapter focuses on one world problem and includes activities for children to learn about the social and ecological issues involved with each. Cuando Eco el osito se da cuenta de que sus amigos las abejas han desaparecido, decide ir...

Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, existieron en el mundo 7 construcciones arquitectónicas que desafiaron los conocimientos y medios de que disponían los hombres de aquella época. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; font: 16.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} En el mundo antiguo, estas maravillosas construcciones fueron relatadas, en especial, por los antiguos griegos, sobreviviendo su historia y sus leyendas hasta nuestros días. Os presentamos esas 7 maravillas en este libro de forma muy gráfica y esquemática. Con...