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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 primary source book provides firsthand accounts of history that give students personal insights into historical events. Learn about California’s bumpy road to statehood with this Spanish book that builds reading comprehension and social studies literacy. 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...

Compendio de poemas pertenecientes al periodo del romanticismo en la literatura espaola. En las Leyendas, Bcquer expone sus teoras sobre la poesa y el amor. Sin embargo, fueron sus Rimas las que le aportaron mayor fama, ya que iniciaron la corriente romntica de poesa intimista inspirada en Heine y opuesta a la retrica y ampulosidad de poetas romnticos anteriores. Las Rimas han sido publicadas en numerosas ocasiones y su influencia en toda la poesa moderna ha sido definitiva. Las ms conocidas de ellas son El monte de las nimas, El rayo de luna y El beso.

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...