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 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...

Entre Lisboa, Madrid y San Sebastián, la inspiración musical del jazz envuelve una historia de amor. El pianista Santiago Biralbo se enamora de Lucrecia y son perseguidos por su marido, Bruce Malcolm. Mientras, un cuadro de Cézanne también desaparece y Toussaints Morton, procedente de Angola y patrocinador de una organización ultraderechista, traficante de cuadros y libros antiguos, participa en la persecución. La intriga criminal se enreda siguiendo un ritmo meticuloso e infalible. Esta historia es un homenaje al cine negro americano y a los tugurios en donde los grandes músicos...

How are crayons made? Clear wax is melted in a factory. Once it's melted, color is added to it, it is poured into crayon-shaped molds, cooled, and wrapped in a paper label. Sorted into sets, the brightly colored crayons are boxed and sent in trucks to stores to be sold to you.

La señorita Carola y sus estudiantes se encogen del tamaño de una gota de agua y aprenden, de primera mano, como obtenemos agua pura.

Winning the American Revolution was just the first step. After defeating Great Britain, the American colonies were united in name only. How would this independent nation be governed? During the summer of 1787, representatives went to Philadelphia to solve the problem. The result, the U.S. Constitution, created a new government, establishing the foundations of a free nation and setting a new course for history.