Que Es Un Acuerdo? (What Is Compromise?)

What is the common good and how does it benefit society? This book looks at the history behind the notion of the common good, touching on ideas from several famous philosophers. Readers will then learn how the common good can be promoted through education and community. Full-color photographs and accessible language help students connect with the text and develop reading comprehension skills. Important elementary subjects from the C3 Framework for Social Studies are discussed in detail throughout this informative book.

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 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.

Una nueva y cuidada edición del clásico, ilustrada por María Hesse. Clásicos inolvidables para disfrutar, compartir y dejar volar la imaginación. Una habitación propia es una obra icónica de la historia del feminismo. En él, Virginia Woolf trata temas como la dependencia económica, la carga de los cuidados y la poca presencia histórica de la mujer. Temas que, incluso hoy, generan fuertes debates. Esta nueva y cuidada edición del clásico, ilustrada por María Hesse, es una lectura clave y un ensayo de referencia en el feminismo.

La democracia tiene que ver con todos, incluyendo a los niños. La democracia nos permite, por medio del diálogo, la participación y el voto para que todos podamos vivir en armonía. Con este libro podremos fomentar una educación que promueva en los niños el ejercicio responsable de su libertad, el desarrollo de su autonomía moral y la solidaridad y preocupación por el bienestar colectivo a través de la participación democrática. Democracy has to do with everyone, including children. Democracy allows us, through dialogue, participation and vote so that we can all live in harmony....

The man who saved the lives of his PT-109 crewmen during WWII and became the 35th president fought-and won-his first battle at the age of two-and-a-half, when he was stricken with scarlet fever. Although his presidency was cut short, our nation¿s youngest elected leader left an indelible mark on the American consciousness and now is profiled in our Who Was¿? series. Included are 100 black-and-white illustrations as well as a timeline that guides readers through this eventful period in history.

Aguza el oído y sabrás los secretos de las mujeres más talentosas y temerarias, curiosas, rebeldes y emprendedoras de México, que se atrevieron a romper el molde. Desobedecer puede ser una buena idea. Ser ordenada siempre es lindo y poderoso, claro, pero salirse del huacal vuelve interesantes las cosas cuando los mandatos son aburridos, cuando no nos dejan movernos a nuestras anchas, sobre todo cuando dañan nuestra alma. En esos casos hay que inventarse oportunidades propias para hacer descubrimientos y brillar como diamantina. Las mujeres de este libro se han reunido para contarte cómo ...