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.

If asked to define a forest, readers might say, "It has a lot of trees." But many places have a lot of trees. So, what makes a forest a forest? Readers discover that a forest is unlike any other biome on Earth. And a temperate forest is even more specific. Readers learn the many life cycles found within a forest and how the energy pyramid explains the numbers of forest plants and animals. In addition, readers learn by examining how forces usually considered destructive work to help forests survive. 32pp.

Our senses help us discover things at the beach. Learn what you can hear, see, smell, and touch at the beach. Paired to the fiction title Wally and Molly Go to the Beach.

Lara Finch lives a lie. Everyone thinks she is happily married to the faithful Sam. She is actually super bored and misses working. Behind Sam's back, she takes a job in London. Twice a week she takes the sleeper train, where she meets Ellen and Guy. One Friday, Lara disappears from the train without a trace. Her friend Iris does not believe the official story she is told about the disappearance and decides to start her own investigation. Iris cannot believe what she finds out.

El libro "Soy Sordo 100%" detalla los distinos ejemplos del Audismo que impera en la mayoria de las sociedades humanas, y en este caso particular, las experiencias vividas por jovenes sordos en sus familias, socializando fuera de su hogar y en sus escuelas. La narrativa captura a cabalidad las experiencias que pasan los sordos en el proceso social de integrarse a la corriente regular del sistema de educación. Retrata en forma lo mas aproximadamente posible las vicisitudes que pasan los estudiantes sordos cuando no se toman en cuenta los recursos a los que tienen derecho por ley, como los...