Líderes de la Revolución de Texas (Leaders in the Texas Revolution) 6-Pack

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. Students will learn about the history and development of the Middle Colonies, an influential region of the "New World." 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...

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. Students will learn what life was like for people living in the Southern Colonies. 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...

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

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...

Desarrollo práctico de un programa para apoyo y refuerzo de Matemáticas en la ESO, en el que se ofrecen abundantes ejemplos y numerosos problemas y actividades (con su solucionario correspondiente) para que el alumnado las resuelva y se ejercite en los procedimientos propios del área.

Escritos entre 1924 y 1932, los microgramas son el testamento literario de Robert Walser. Se trata de una colección de 526 hojas y papeles de distinto formato densamente cubiertos de una letra minúscula, escritos a lápiz e ilegibles a primera vista. La minuciosa labor de Werner Morlang y Bernhard Echte, que dedicaron más de quince años a descifrarlos letra a letra, puso fin al desconcierto y reveló como una colección de textos breves, poemas y dramas en verso de incalculable valor literario lo que en un principio parecía fruto de la locura del autor suizo. El propio Walser reconoció...

En este libro un autor y veinte ilustradores muestran con asombro que los objetos, en apariencia ya conocidos, no lo son tanto. Que ellos mismos tienen una vida propia, un pasado histórico y un simbolismo cultural. Cada objeto tiene una historia transcurrida y un porvenir continuo. Pero es raro que en cierto momento nos detengamos y preguntemos por tales orígenes y desarrollo de alguno de ellos. O alguien, mientras come, se ha cuestionado sobre quien inventaría el tenedor. Son preguntas que no surgen porque los objetos son ya tan comunes y han estado demasiado tiempo junto a nosotros, que...