Que Es Un Acuerdo? (What Is Compromise?)

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.

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.

Worksheets designed for use in Spanish immersion classrooms, as a supplement for parents to use with their children for extra practice, or for use by any classroom teacher who wishes to incorporate Spanish instruction in the classroom in the curriculum areas of language arts, math, social studies, and science.

Más del 90% de la biodiversidad del planeta Tierra son microorganismos. Por otra parte, la idea que tiene la gente de los microbios no puede ser más negativa: son unos seres arteros, sigilosos y nocivos que aprovechan cualquier ocasión para ponernos enfermos, y que, incluso, pueden causarnos la muerte. Pero los microbios, también realizan el reciclado de los elementos químicos, producen el oxígeno que respiramos, nos permiten digerir los alimentos y nos defienden de muchas enfermedades. Los microorganismos aportan a la biosfera muchos más beneficios que inconvenientes. Para empezar a...

This engaging volume takes a close look at the legend of Joaquin Murrieta, the man who came to be known as the Robin Hood of Eldorado. Dynamic text tells the story of Murrieta, with plenty of exciting age-appropriate details, but also examines the complex relationship between fact and fiction in legends such as his. Interesting and informative historical background on the California Gold Rush and the role of Mexicans and Californios in the area at the time round out this fun and informative volume.

Mientras haya hombres y mujeres dispuestos a entregar la vida por amor al evangelio, ninguna nacion sera inaccesible. Adoniram Judson - primer misionero estadounidense en el extranjero - anhelaba llevar las Buenas Nuevas de salvacion a la sombria tierra de Birmania. Su anhelo se vio cumplido, pero a que precio. Adoniram sobrevivio a la inanicion, al encarcelamiento y a la tortura - tanto en tierra firme como en alta mar - para acabar siendo testigo de la muerte de sus seres queridos. A pesar de la afliccion y la depresion, Adoniram Judson completo la que hasta el dia de hoy continua siendo la ...