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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.

What does masculinity or being a boy mean in this society? If you are a boy, or ever were, The Golden Book of Boys contains words and images that will help you remember how powerful you are, but powerful in a different way than you may have been told until now... It is a book against the tide. A strange book. A journey back to how wonderful you are. A book that invites you to respect yourself, to obey yourself and to be yourself (something that nobody usually tells us). Maybe it will help you to remember how wonderfully vulnerable you are and to heal old wounds.

En 1912 el británico Robert Scott y el noruego Roald Amundsen rivalizaron sobre las nieves de la Antártica por ser el primer hombre en pisar el polo sur. Los dos aventureros arriesgaron su vida y las de sus acompañantes en una carrera tan angustiosa como temeraria que se saldo con una rotunda victoria y una trágica derrota. La trepidante historia de esta pugna se completa en el libro con la narración de otros arriesgados intentos por conquistar el polo sur.

"While preparing for Christmas in Puerto Rico, seven-year-old Esmeralda asks the Three Magi for a baby doll like her cousin's, but when they bring something else instead she gains a deeper understanding of the meaning of the holiday."