Honremos a nuestros héroes: Día de los Veteranos (Remembering Our Heroes: Veterans Day)

Teach young students about the men and women who serve in the armed forces for the United States. This Spanish-translated nonfiction book helps readers understand the importance of our nation's veterans, and how to honor them on Veteran's Day. Primary source documents and images engage readers as they build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

Teach young students about ways to serve their communities. This Spanish-translated book encourages readers to help others and do their part in the community. Primary source images support the text and engage readers to help them better understand the content. Informational text features help students navigate the text.

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 ...

In the middle of the 1830s, Texans fought against the Mexican government for its independence. During the Texas Revolution, many leaders emerged, such as Sam Houston, Lorenzo de Zavala, William Travis, Francita Alavez, Sidney Sherman, Susanna Dickinson, James Bowie, and Juan Seguín. This captivating biography has been translated into Spanish and allows readers to learn about the incredible accomplishments of these people and what they did to make an impact on the Texas Revolution. Featuring alluring images, engaging facts and sidebars, supportive text, and a glossary and index, this book...

Los nacionalismos periféricos en España surgieron en el siglo XIX evolucionando desde el movimiento romántico hasta los grupos políticos de carácter independentista en Cataluña, el País Vasco, e incluso en Galicia. La radicalización de estos movimientos obedece a diversos factores, pero uno de ellos fue sin duda la influencia que sobre ellos ejerció el Ejército español entre el periodo que comprende la finalización de la monarquía isabelina en 1868 y el inicio de la Guerra Civil española en 1936. La ausencia de un enemigo exterior que amenazara la soberanía nacional, el fracaso ...

Presenta un tratamiento claro, amplio y riguroso de los contenidos. Permite la atención a la diversidad del alumnado manteniendo como objetivo fundamental su preparación para la Universidad.

Examines the nature of human rights, including the gradual development of the idea that all people, regardless of gender, color, or wealth, are citizens with rights, not just subjects with duties, and discusses the growth of social rights and the case against torture.

Esta es la primera novela larga del gran escritor ruso despues de su retorno de Siberia, donde estuvo deportado varios anos. El heroe de la obra, un personaje inquietante y complejo, Vanja, cuenta su propia historia. El nucleo argumental se teje en torno a la pugna de Vanja con el hijo del principe Valkorskij por el amor de una misma mujer. Y tambien a partir del proceso de que ha sido victima el administrador de dicho principe. Las reacciones vitales y morales de los personajes de Humillados y ofendidos responden a la gran preocupacion de hondura psicologica y de plasmacion de caracteres que ...