Las Misiones de California

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book explores California’s unique geography: the coastal region, the Central Valley, the mountain region, and the desert region. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade...

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

Este Diccionario ideológico o ATLAS LÉXICO contiene más de 200.000 voces clasificadas en unos 1.600 campos semánticos. Las palabras aparecen en listados de términos asociados, afines, vecinos o sinónimos que se prestan a la expresión de un concepto. Distingue los usos en función del contexto social (general, coloquial, malsonante, vulgar, ingenio popular y refranes); los dominios geográficos (españoles y americanos); y la actualidad del término (antiguo, desusado y recién incorporado). Además de permitir la consulta del significado de una palabra añade la posibilidad de buscar...

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, it prompted the United States to enter World War II on multiple fronts. From Africa to Europe, the Pacific to the home front, explore the American experience of World War II through the first-hand documents of the war.

For those who enjoy unconventional solutions, the author offers a wide range of all-time paradoxes that defy your deductive and calculation skills with impossible logical truths, and helps you to learn how to overcome the traps of false truths.

Esta obra reúne textos escritos por Andrés Lira sobre el exilio español y los maestros de ese exilio, como: José Medina Echavarría, José Miranda, Ramón Iglesia, Juan Antonio Ortega y Medina, Eugenio Ímaz y José Gaos, quienes han formado parte tanto de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México como de El Colegio de México.