La capital de nuestra nación: Washington D. C. (Our Nation's Capital: Washington, DC) (Spanish Version)

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 ...

El proposito de este estudio es destacar algunos aspectos historicos sobresalientes de la condicion de la mujer en las sociedades islamicas. No se intenta discernir de modo estricto el trazado evolutivo de su desarrollo historico, sino presentar una imagen razonablemente inteligible que acomode sus particularidades mas preocupantes. Se puntualiza la ambiguedad de algunos pasajes de la sunna y se los contrasta con el texto coranico. Se identifican algunos de los supuestos conceptuales de la ley islamica, sharia, que contribuyeron a su decadencia y desprestigio. Se destacan algunos rasgos...

Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book has been translated into Spanish and explores the history of American Indians in Texas and how each group found different ways to live in the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache, and Shoshone and discover how they struggled to survive European colonization, the Indian Removal Act, and American expansion. Other topics include the Dawes Act, Indian...

En esta obra se recogen una serie de entrevistas con Rodin que tuvieron lugar seis años antes de su muerte y que ofrecen un recorrido a través de toda su obra. En ellas revela su ideal artístico - 'alcanzar el parecido al alma'. También transmite un mensa

Practice nonstandard measurement at the zoo! This exciting, Spanish-translated title encourages readers to practice measuring their favorite zoo animals, such as elephants, giraffes, pandas, and more. A gorilla weighs the same as three men! When a cheetah runs, its stride length is the length of three men! An elephant weighs the same as three pickup trucks! Vivid images, fun practice questions, early STEM themes, and helpful mathematical diagrams make nonstandard measurement entertaining and easy for children to understand.