El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

El Patrimonio histórico-artístico es el conjunto de bienes de interés cultural que una colectividad hereda de su pasado. El grupo humano que recibe esta herencia debería ser capaz, por un lado, de disfrutar de esos bienes, y, por otra parte, de asumir el deber de conservarlo y protegerlo, para transmitirlo incólume al futuro. A estos dos deberes inexcusables podría añadirse un tercero: la necesidad de divulgar ese patrimonio, dándolo a conocer, educando a sus ciudadanos para que, a través de su conocimiento, lo valoren debidamente como un componente esencial de su identidad como...

¡Conoce al iguanodon, un dinosaurio herbívoro que pesaba toneladas literalmente! Las imágenes coloridas ayudan a los lectores a aprender cómo era la vida para estos comedores de plantas de punta. Meet the iguanodon, an herbivore dinosaur who weighed tons—literally! Now in Spanish, carefully leveled text and colorful images help readers learn what life was like for these spiky-thumbed plant-eaters.

Spanish English Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Spanish as their second language. Alex finds it hard to go to sleep, so he starts making up excuses. After reading a bedtime story, his father suggests planning a dream that he would like to see when he falls asleep. Find out where their imagination takes them as they plan his dream together. This bedtime story will help kids feel loved and relaxed, preparing them for a peaceful, sleep-filled night.

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.