Juan Soto

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. Students will learn about the discovery of the "New World" and how it affected the Native Americans already living there. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information ...

The United States has many places to live. People choose to live in small towns and big cities. Why do people live where they do? With examples from both the past and present, this Spanish book teaches beginning readers about the history of immigration to the United States and the factors that influence where people live. Dynamic images in conjunction with Spanish text provides first grade students with an inviting learning experience as they build their reading skills and knowledge of US history.

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American. Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such...

Año de Nuestro Señor de 1209. Braira huye del exterminio de sus hermanos cátaros y se refugia en la corte de Aragón, bajo la protección de la reina Constanza, recién desposada con Federico II de Sicilia; un príncipe empeñado en llegar a ser el hombre más poderoso de su tiempo y ganarse el derecho a ser llamado Estupor del Mundo. Hasta su isla viaja la joven occitana, llevando consigo el secreto de su fe y una rara habilidad que pronto atraerá sobre ella la atención del monarca, convirtiéndola en protagonista de una trepidante sucesión de aventuras- el talento para interpretar las ...

Defines screws, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.