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 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...

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...

Have you ever wondered what Space Camp is like? Join Isabella as she moon walks through the Moon Room, takes a ride in a Multi-Axis Trainer, tackles the Mars Climbing Wall, and takes the helm at Mission Control. Along the way, you'll practice measuring time. This fiction math book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice...

Con un sentido de humor este libro ilustrado para niños y jóvenes cuenta la historia sobre la vida de los soldados romanos en el tiempo del emperador Adriano.

Del bullir y la sed (Prólogo) Como lector y escritor de versos, no como crítico, que no lo soy, es que me atrevo a hablar de Semántica de un tornillo enamorado, de Luis Perozo Cervantes, libro armado con tres en cierto modo plaquettes relacionadas entre sí (situaciones, se advierte, teórica, metafórica y poemática), donde el joven autor, de carácter a mi ver ciertamente expansivo, da suficiente muestra de a la vez sentido de contención, humor, retórico y, con su indispensable ironía, dados los tiempos, de lo romántico –o del romanticismo en sus varias acepciones. Para una...

A soldier, a farmer, a governor, and an explorer, Juan Ponce de León made his very first voyage with the famed Christopher Columbus. As an explorer, Ponce de León may be better known for what he didn't discover the fabled fountain of youth than for what he did discover Florida!