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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...

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.

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 creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. 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...

Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book with engage students from beginning to end.

Uno de los retos del siglo XXI es alcanzar la plena igualdad de derechos entre hombres y mujeres. Cien años después de que se celebrara por primera vez el Día Internacional de la Mujer, el 19 de marzo de 1911, te invitamos a conocer en las páginas de este libro a un grupo de mujeres que, en épocas en las que no tenían derecho a casi nada, se atrevieron a luchar por sus sueños, y llegaron, incluso, a cambiar la historia.

Abordando con detalle todos los aspectos del viaje a caballo, este libro permitirá tener éxito en la preparación, la realización y la explotación. Contiene una síntesis estudiada de las soluciones europeas a los problemas de viajes largos, pero también la descripción exhaustiva de las técnicas originales provenientes de la experiencia del autor o tomadas de los pueblos caballistas del Nuevo Mundo.

Lin invites her friends to her Japanese teahouse. They have rice, fish, and tea. Lin thanks them for coming and her friends thank her for the tea ceremony.

Learn all about the amazing things your brain does and how to keep it healthy and strong! Readers will discover the anatomy of the brain including neurons, the cerebellum, and the nervous system. Using vibrant images and informational text in conjunction with supportive diagrams, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title encourages readers to learn all about (and use) their brains.