Los Artículos de la Confederación (Articles of Confederation)

The idea of the Roaring '20s conjures up images of speakeasies, women with short, saucy hairdos, and hot jazz. Readers will learn about the historical events that define this decade, including the devastating war that preceded it. An explanation about project-based learning will help readers understand how it can help them research their topic in unique and interesting ways. Constructive suggestions offer ideas for projects, while encouraging readers to take their studies in new and interesting directions.

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

From the water they drink to the trees they climb, kids are connected to the natural world in big and surprising ways. With simple, poetic text and exquisite artwork, this book does more than introduce kids to these connections. It sparks their imagination. It starts conversations, and it delights all ages. Combining the ideas of environmental author Elin Kelsey with the inventive three-dimensional dioramas of artist Soyeon Kim, this remarkable picture book reveals ties that are often sensed yet seldom explained. And in a world dominated by technology, never have these incredible connections...

La polémica en torno a la reforma de la Administración local plantea una reflexión crítica sobre la constitucionalidad de los nuevos límites de la autonomía local y el actual control sobre los municipios. Su planteamiento, no obstante, en términos de calidad democrática diseña un modelo de Gobernanza local propulsor de derechos de la ciudadanía y nuevos principios de transparencia, buen gobierno, participación y gobierno abierto, con la introducción de deberes y responsabilidades inéditas en la esfera municipal. Sin embargo, este estudio aborda el reverso de las nuevas tendencias ...

PROGRAMS OF SOCIO CULTURAL ANIMATION - Three instruments for its design and evaluation - The book presents three instruments for the design, realization and evaluation of programs in socio-cultural animation. The socio-cultural animation programs are erected on two main pillars: - A conception of the person and an active and transforming form of living. - The generation of groups and processes of operative groups to participate freely and responsibly in social action.