Cómo promover el bien común (How to Promote the Common Good)

In the United States, the ability to take informed action is becoming increasingly necessary, and difficult. This book delves into the importance of being informed and explains how not all sources of information are equal. Readers are introduced to the scientific method as a way of testing information for credibility. Students will also learn how to turn credible information into action by forming groups, protesting, contacting elected representatives, and possibly even running for office themselves someday.

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.

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.

Examines aspects of painting, including its development through history, the way painters work, the materials they use, and ways of appreciating paintings, with movable flaps that reveal text and illustrations.

¡Explora el maravilloso mundo de la química! Aprende junto con las químicas inspiradoras cuyas innovaciones cambiaron el mundo. Descubre el poder de la curiosidad y la resiliencia a través de una conversación entre una protagonista joven y valiente que hace preguntas sobre el mundo a su alrededor, y un narrador científicamente astuto cuyas respuestas son exactas y comprensibles para las mentes jóvenes. Las mujeres en la química es el lugar perfecto para que los niños empiecen sus propios viajes de descubrimientos y maravillas.

La reconocida actriz chilena cuenta detalles de una relación abusiva que vivió en su adolescencia A los quince años, Belén Soto quedó deslumbrada por un hombre que la doblaba en edad y que trabajaba en el rubro televisivo. Rápidamente comenzaron una relación amorosa que debía mantenerse en secreto y ceñirse a un montón de normas. Entre ellas: «desde ahora no puedes compartir con ningún grupo de amigos en el que haya hombres», «no puedes usar ropa provocativa», «no puedes aceptar ofertas de trabajo sin que pasen por mí», «no puedes hablar de esta relación con absolutamente...

Students will gain a deeper understanding of the Cold War by delving into major social studies topics in this project-based examination. The volume presents a series of broad questions touching on major themes in the social studies curriculum. Each question is accompanied by several paragraphs examining that question in the context of the Cold War, as well as a detailed project that prompts readers to think critically and present their findings or opinions in a particular format, such as a poster with side-by-side comparisons, a persuasive essay, or a class presentation.