Proyectos reales para explorar la Guerra Fría (Real-World Projects to Explore the Cold War)

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.

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.

"Tengo derecho a expresarme" examina el derecho de todos los niños a expresar su opinión y a tomar partida en aquello que afecte a sus vidas, dondequiera que vivan y ya sean pobres, no tengan hogar, sean discapacitados o deban trabajar para sobrevivir. Examina los obstáculos que a veces los niños tienen que superar para lograr este derecho.

Motmota es una marmota entrañable, ingeniosa y tierna... Es muy fácil divertirse con sus geniales despistes. En este título de la serie SIENTE, Motmota te demostrará que, sin duda, tiene la cabeza en las nubes, ¡pero el corazón junto al de sus amigos!

Describes the frogs, toads, and salamanders of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, looking particularly at the wide variety of adaptations found in the few species that dwell there.