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

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.

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.

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.

A New York Times best-seller and winner of the ABBY Award features lavish illustrations of Native American settings and shares Chief Seattle's environmental message for "helping preserve what is being lost."

Gracias a este libro y a sus instrucciones ilustradas paso a paso, aprenderás los conceptos básicos de la manipulación del redstone para crear circuitos y fabricar espectaculares mecanismos y artefactos, como puertas automáticas, pistones, interruptores, hornos, trampillas secretas, cañones de TNT, granjas automáticas y muchos más. ¡Repleto de consejos de expertos, todo tipo de trucos prácticos y más de un centenar de pantallazos!

Un libro dirigido, sobre todo, a los niños y los jóvenes. Una aproximación accesible a la vida y la obra de uno de los grandes artistas de todos los tiempos. Un pintor que intentó atrapar la luz y hacer palpable lo efímero de la existencia humana. Considerado uno de los fundadores de la escuela impresionista, Claude Monet sigue fascinando a los amantes de la pintura de todo el mundo gracias a la imperecedera luminosidad de sus cuadros y a la delicada filosofía que se desprende de ellos. Sus paisajes y jardines, los ríos y embarcaderos, así como sus figuras femeninas, transmiten una...

¿Quién no ha jugado en alguna ocasión a las adivinanzas? ¿Quién no se ha divertido alguna vez inventando acertijos? Rosa Díaz nos ofrece en este libro una serie de adivinanzas para que tanto pequeños como mayores sigamos jugando y riendo, y, al mismo tiempo, ejercitemos nuestra capacidad de razonar y sintamos el placer de descubrir.