Cómo actuar de manera informada (How to Take Informed Action)

In order for any democracy to function well, understanding how and when to compromise is a necessity. This book introduces students to how compromise makes governing possible. Using examples of how compromise works in their own lives, students will gain a better understanding of how compromise work on a larger level. Conversely, readers will also learn that compromise may be the wrong course of action in some situations and that some issues are of such critical importance or high moral worth that standing firm is appropriate.

What is the common good and how does it benefit society? This book looks at the history behind the notion of the common good, touching on ideas from several famous philosophers. Readers will then learn how the common good can be promoted through education and community. Full-color photographs and accessible language help students connect with the text and develop reading comprehension skills. Important elementary subjects from the C3 Framework for Social Studies are discussed in detail throughout this informative book.

Equality is a contentious issue in our society today. This is why it's important for students to be given information related to equality so they can come to reasonable conclusions of their own. Using age-appropriate language, this book discusses equality in a number of different forms and touches upon why equality is so important in a democracy. The text also explores how extreme equality, like most extremes, could be a bad and unrealistic idea. Readers will gain enough information to understand and think about this complex idea for themselves.

Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Coast Guard (how the Coast Guard keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Escrita con sangre, su poesía, en efecto, tenía poco de caja de bombones. “Nuestra poesía es más puta que nuestra democracia/ con sus párpados puede corromper a la juventud”. En la línea de su admirado Maiakovsky, sus textos nos zarandea por su potencia, por su ímpetu, por su entusiasmo y, sobre todo, por su descarnada sinceridad. Su poesía, al igual que su marxismo de corte gramschiano, estuvo siempre al lado del pensar heterodoxo, libre, radical... Odiaba todo lo que sonaba a rutina, a doctrinarismo, a esa inmovilidad tan propia de los intelectuales de izquierda y de los...

Una colección de libros que combinan historia del arte con imágenes, espectaculares pop-ups y divertidas actividades para descubrir las obras y los artistas más reconocidos de todos los tiempos. Tras la Mona Lisa y Alexander Calder, ahora ponemos al alcance de los más pequeños la obra de un artista que revolucionó el mundo del arte: ¡el genial Andy Warhol!

This illustrated book teaches children everything they need to know about taking care of kittens from picking one out to what to do when they get sick.