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.

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.

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.

Una colección que presenta tres libros con un formato enciclopédico particularmente atractivo, entretenido y dinámico. Más de 170 páginas de conocimientos con ilustraciones realistas, cómics y fotografías sobre temáticas que apasionan a los más jóvenes: los animales, las civilizaciones antiguas y el planeta Tierra. Con esta colección, ¡aprender será un placer!

En este libro con partes móviles para niños, Buz la abeja rezumba por aquí y por allá en busca de un amigo con quien jugar. Habla con caracoles, orugas, escarabajos, hormigas, catarinas, y mariposas pero todo el mundo está muy ocupado.

El koala es un marsupial que, en estado natural, sólo vive en Australia. Igual que las hembras de todos los marsupiales, como el canguro, las hembras de koala poseen una bolsa o marsupio, donde llevan a las crías y donde éstas se alimentan con la leche de las mamas. En este volumen, conocerás su forma de vida y sus costumbres.

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.