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.

Discusses the physical characteristics, feeding and mating behavior, interaction with humans, and habitat of whales.

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Tiempo de Castañas es una amplia selección de la obra periodística de Arias, donde los artículos están organizados en las siguientes secciones: Los que se refieren en primer y último término a nuestra tierra ( Que trata de Asturias) Aquellos otros que se acomodan al relato breve (Casi unas historias) Se encuentran también textos que van más allá de la actualidad más efímera ( Lo que queda del día a día) No podía faltar un amplio apartado dedicado a las más diversa vida literaria (Miscelánea libresca) Son inevitables las cartas abiertas y los retratos (Semblanzas y Epístolas) ...

La Aventura de los números es una colección de 7 cuadernos cuyo objetivo principal es afianzar el conocimiento de la serie numérica del 0 al 10 a través de sencillas y motivadoras actividades que también desarrollan otras habilidades lógicas como asociaciones, relaciones, resolución de situaciones problemáticas, etc., y conceptos relativos a la cuantificación, que ayudarán a los niños a construir una base sólida sobre la que sustentar los futuros aprendizajes en esta área. En ese título de la colección se trabajan el número 7 y repaso. Identificar según código, series...