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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 book explores California’s unique geography: the coastal region, the Central Valley, the mountain region, and the desert region. 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...

This Spanish-translated book will be a hit with both thrill seekers and with those who prefer to stay safely on the ground. After an introduction to Newton's three laws of motion, readers learn the mechanics of various amusement park rides including roller coasters, Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, and gravity rides. They learn how to measure motion, and how kinetic and potential energy apply to their favorite rides. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

Director, actor & escritor Carlos Lerma habla sobre los cambios y sentimientos de ser un adolescente en el mundo moderno en esta visualmente estimulante colección debut de poesía ilustrada. En poemas ilustrados tocando temas adolescentes en una manera cómica, corta & divertida. Carlos Lerma trae "Buenas Historias de Malos Días" que incluye poemas ilustrados que tocan los temas de amor, amistades, amistades falsas, muerte, soledad, entre mas... Los poemas pueden tener un mensaje profundo o un chiste ligero. Volumen 1. Nota del Autor: Empece a escribir este libro en Octubre de 2017 en la...

Thomas Edison is considered by many to be one of the greatest inventors of all time. His creations changed the world, but there was more to his life than just his inventions. Readers of this engaging volume will learn all about the man behind the innovations. This fascinating biography introduces important subjects and encourages a further interest in history. Concise and accessible text paired with vibrant photographs is sure to captivate audiences of many ages and levels.

Ángeles Caso rastrea la vida de todas esas mujeres excepcionales que precedieron a las creadoras del mundo actual y que sufrieron la hostilidad hacia la cultura femenina. Mujeres como Hildegarda de Bingen, consejera de papas y emperadores, o Aphra Behn, dramaturga y espía en la Inglaterra de la Restauración, pueblan estas páginas para reivindicar una vez más su lugar en la Historia.

La representación del cuerpo de la mujer en el imaginario simbólico cristiano ha ocupado habitualmente dos posiciones extremas: máxima exaltación y máxima degradación, lugar de santidad o lugar de pecado, virgen o prostituta. El cuerpo de María, «la Virgen», como madre de Cristo, obtiene una consideración excepcional. La liturgia se dirige a ella como «Tú sola entre las mujeres», y la fe e imaginación populares no podían resignarse a que su destino terreno fuera el común al resto de los mortales. Por ello, ya desde los primeros siglos comenzaron a circular relatos y leyendas...