Estadounidenses asombrosos: Abigail Adams (Amazing Americans: Abigail Adams)

Introduce students to capital resources and how they work as part of our economy. This Spanish-translated text will teach young readers about the economy, while building their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge. Simple informational text features help students navigate the text, while primary source documents and images keep students engaged.

Introduce students to capital resources and how they work as part of our economy. This Spanish-translated text will teach young readers about the economy, while building their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge. Simple informational text features help students navigate the text, while primary source documents and images keep students engaged.

Describes which animals are loud and which are quiet, including such creatures as cicadas, whales, mice, and fish.

Fun Facts About The Seasons Of The Year Draw The Reader Into This Delightful Book That Includes Weather Related Information.

El Monopoly y las obras caritativas; el altruismo y el cálculo de intereses egoístas; los nuevos ricos -altos ejecutivos con remuneraciones estratosféricas- y los nuevos pobres -los asalariados; el mundo multipolar sin fronteras y el renacimiento de las pulsiones nacionalistas; la nueva China que reproduce desigualdades dickensianas y las consecuencias paradójicas de la política del "hijo único"; la crisis del euro y las medidas de austeridad; los avances en biología y genética y la nueva servidumbre digital; las subprime y la lógica mercantil aplicada a la sanidad y la educación;...

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...