Arte y cultura: El British Museum: Clasificar, ordenar y dibujar figuras (Art and Culture: The British Museum: Classify, Sort and Draw Shapes)

During the California gold rush, the state's population soared, its economy grew, new towns popped up, and its cities swelled. The state would not be what it is today without the gold rush. Help students achieve literacy in social studies through dynamic primary source documents! Primary sources provide authentic nonfiction reading materials, and help students understand continuity and change over time. This Interactiv-eBook offers instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text. Aligned to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS)...

It is the third Monday in January and school is closed. But do you know why? It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Turn the pages of this book to find out what dream Dr. King shared with the world, who Mohandas Gandhi was, how one brave woman helped Martin Luther King Jr. change history. Each book in the Holiday Histories series describes one of America's holidays or special days. Explore the history of each day and learn the real reason why it is important. Discover what special meaning each day might have for you.

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

Existen numerosos y muy diversos cuadernos de viaje, creados tanto por científicos en expedición como por pintores o acuarelistas en travesía. Íntimas y personales, las obras son un testimonio espontáneo y emotivo de las pequeñas y grandes aventuras que contienen, y abren nuevos horizontes a quienes las leen o las contemplan. Este género artístico no nació ayer. Ya de antiguo, algunos autores completamente desconocidos han creado cuadernos de viaje excepcionales, de la misma forma que otros artistas imposibles de olvidar, como Alberto Durero, William Turner, Eugène Delacroix, Paul...

Rina, Julia, Miriam, Sofía, Susy, Diana, Beatriz, Mary y Lili: nueve mujeres, nueve formas de entender el mundo. Las historias encadenadas que componen esta novela peinan a contrapelo la literatura hecha para mujeres a fi n de posicionarse como literatura hecha por mujeres. Por mujeres que en su día a día tiñen lo cotidiano con los tonos del amor, del desamor, de la pérdida, de la amistad, de la soledad, de la monotonía que se impone como marco salpicado con destellos de gracia. Y es que Margarita García Robayo hace de su escritura un instrumento capaz de rastrear en los detalles...