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.

Este apasionante estudio de Maurizio Viroli, que reivindica al tan vapuleado Nicolas Maquiavelo (1469-1527) como uno de los mas inteligentes historiadores y pensadores politicos de todos los tiempos, es el mejor portico de la nueva coleccion Tiempo de Memoria, en su vertiente de Historia. Fundador de la moderna teoria politica, astuto diplomatico al servicio de su Florencia natal y desapasionado observador de los asuntos humanos, Nicolas Maquiavelo ha dado su nombre a una forma de hacer politica. Se le ha asimilado a la figura de un defensor a ultranza de la idea segun la cual el fin...

Readers will discover what you can do at a post office, such as buying stamps, checking a PO box, and sending a letter. This book's easy-to-follow narrative makes it perfect for beginning readers. A photo glossary offers new vocabulary, while a website link page suggests routes to more information.

¿Por qué las alcancías tienen forma de cerdito? Si todos los billetes cuestan lo mismo, ¿por qué valen diferente? ¿Qué es el trueque? Aprender a tomar decisiones, a negociar (sí, ¡el intercambio de estampas en el patio es la primera y más dura de las transacciones a las que nos enfrentamos!), y entender la diferencia entre precio y valor es fundamental. Este libro ilustrado nos muestra de una forma muy dinámica, divertida y eficaz las claves básicas para aprender a gestionar la mesada y entender qué es el dinero. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? If all...

Travel to the 22nd century in this captivating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that allows readers to discover the future of space. Elementary readers will be fascinated with the possibilities that may await human life in the future. Readers will discover the technology that may be used to one day allow humans to live on another planet, new worlds, alien life, and artificial intelligence. Featuring vibrant photos, images, informational text, a glossary of terms, and a list of helpful websites for more explorations, children will be excited and enthralled as they move through this title....