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

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.

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.

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.

Los libros considerados clásicos no muerden ni son soporíferos. Este libro supone una invitación a los espíritus curiosos a que comprueben que uno puede leerlos y disfrutar con sus propuestas: basta con liberarse de prejuicios y atreverse a emitir opiniones propias, por extrañas que parezcan. El autor, mediante un personal paseo en compañía de dos héroes (Héctor y el Cid) y dos antihéroes (Henry Fleming y Bartleby), protagonistas de cuatro clásicos, reflexiona sobre los personajes literarios con la intención de contagiar su pasión por la lectura de un modo sencillo y riguroso....

Book Features: • Ages 4-8, Grades PreK-2 • 16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Simple, patterned Spanish text with full-color pictures • Includes comprehension questions, writing prompts, and high frequency words • Graphic organizers and photo glossary included Bring Learning to Life: In Listos para las Ciencias: Los Seres Vivos, preschoolers—second graders learn about different types of living beings, just like you! Science Made Fun: Living beings are all around us, including you and me! Young readers learn about different types of living beings, from their favorite animals to plants ...

Muelle fue el primer grafitero de Madrid, una leyenda para todo el que pertenezca al mundillo del grafiti, que desafió a las autoridades atreviéndose a plasmar su inconfundible firma registrada incluso en la estatua del Oso y el Madroño. Spirit lo conoció. Por eso Luis, el protagonista de esta novela, le admira y quiere aprender de él. Aunque no pinte bien. Aunque a la chica que le gusta no le interesen los grafitis. Aunque al final la rivalidad entre pandas lo ensucie todo. Aunque el destino le tenga preparadas otras historias que ni se imagina.

Jorge y María son dos adolescentes como tantos otros: salen con sus amigos, se comunican con ellos en las redes sociales, se enamoran... Todo esto sería normal si las madres de María y Jorge no fueran tan famosas. Los dos chicos se ven envueltos en una espiral de rumores de la que solo salen recordando que las palabras que elegimos para contar nuestra historia son las que realmente dan forma a nuestro mundo.