Jackie Robinson

Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring Spanish-translated biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. Vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and a helpful glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in fighting for Civil Rights for all people. In this Spanish-translated biography, readers will learn about his inspirational life as he fought for equality of African Americans through nonviolence. The rich photos, supportive text, helpful glossary, timeline, table of contents, and index give readers important information for understanding King's fight against Jim Crow Laws.

George Washington Carver was a skilled botanist who became famous for his work with peanuts and other plants. Readers will discover the captivating life of this incredible scientist in this engaging scientific biography translated in Spanish. Using colorful photos and graphs, children will learn why Carver was known as "The Plant Doctor" as a child and how his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans helped change the way people used plants! The helpful glossary and index aid in better understanding of the content, while a simple, interesting experiment leaves Spanish-speaking children...

Act out the story of two boy scouts who learn the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance! This script has been translated into Spanish and features roles written to match different reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. By utilizing these strategies, teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level. This feature allows everyone to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! All readers can gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability....

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.

Este libro educacional cuenta la historia de una chica en busca de la respuesta a una gran pregunta: ï¿1/2Por quï¿1/2 el agua vale la pena? Enfrascada en su libro, llevarï¿1/2 a los jï¿1/2venes lectores a travï¿1/2s del mundo del agua limpia, su gestiï¿1/2n y la importancia de todos los que trabajan juntos para mantenerla. Escrito para un pï¿1/2blico entre 4 y 8 aï¿1/2os, busca atraer tambiï¿1/2n a lectores de todas las edades. Este libro emplea divertidas ilustraciones y un texto en rima para dar una explicaciï¿1/2n simple de un complejo proceso, a la vez que anima a...

En la construcción de un imaginario colectivo intervienen múltiples elementos, pero la FE es quizá uno de los más importantes, ya que ha definido a las civilizaciones humanas desde un principio; hay momentos de nuestra historia que solo pueden ser entendidos si se miran a través del cristal de las creencias, y sin duda, Jesús Ángel Semprún Parra en las páginas de Rosas Marianas ha logrado completar un mapa de la idiosincrasia zuliana que estaba extraviado. El valor de este libro trasciende la naturaleza intrínseca de una antología y se convierte en un documento patrimonial...

En reconstrucción existe una preocupación por el ser humano, su estancia en el mundo y su forma de comprender y relacionarse con los demás seres tanto humanos como no humanos, es decir, con el otro y con lo otro. Cuerpo, Casa, Mundo, las tres partes que componen el libro, son metáforas de los espacios que habita el ser humano y que se cruzan y entrecruzan construyendo un universo que es necesario interrogar y comprender desde múltiples opciones y perspectivas, pero que, casi irremediablemente, cambia cada vez que se observa e intenta predicarse algo sobre él.