Destino Manifiesto y la guerra mexicano-estadounidense (Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War)

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. She is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an...

Introduce students to what it takes to be a good leader using this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Engaging, primary source documents and images that support the text will inspire children to practice being a good leader! Early readers will build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge while learning about leadership.

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura Formas de volver a casa del escritor chileno Alejandro Zambra, una novela minimalista sobre la infancia, la culpa y la dictadura chilena. Un descubrimiento tardío otorgará culpa y extrañeza a los protagonistas de esta historia, que se reencontrarán después de muchos años de haberse visto por última vez y que nos mostrarán la complejidad de las vidas marcadas por la dictadura. ¡Ya no tienes que leer y resumir todo el libro, nosotros lo hemos hecho por ti! Esta guía incluye: • Un resumen completo del libro • Un estudio ...

BILINGÜE. Todo niño aprende a leer de diferentes maneras y a su propio paso. Los libros de la serie, ¡Yo sé leer!, ayudan a desarrollar su habilidad para leer y su crecimiento spiritual a través de libros basados en historias y valores bíblicos y diferentes niveles de aprendizaje. En, David, la victoria gigante de dios, David no se ve muy fuerte al frente del gigante Goliat. ¿Podrá el ganarle la batalla con cinco piedras lisas y la fortaleza de dios?