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"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

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.

A little wooly teddy bear, a long journey to the ends of the earth, and magical complicity between words and images, this story reveals the great heart of Señor M.

José Saramago nos revela en estas páginas su día a día en Lanzarote, adonde trasladó su residencia en 1993. Lo acompaña de preguntas y respuestas, de opiniones certeras y radiantes acerca de lo más cercano y lo más general, de comentarios sobre amigos y sobre el mundo que le ha tocado, que nos ha tocado, vivir.