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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...

En los sueños del joven Likango se repite cada noche la espantosa aparición de una hiena tuerta, la misma que mató a su madre cuando él tenía seis años. Otros hechos inquietantes, como el descubrimiento de un misterioso cadáver cerca del poblado, le empujan a salir en busca de respuestas. Por el camino conoce a Yembela, una enigmática muchacha de otra tribu, y juntos se enfrentarán a una oscura conspiración que pretende sembrar la comarca de terror y muerte.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella.