California: De pueblos a ciudades: Read-along ebook

The nineteenth century was a time of huge growth and prosperity for California. Although the Gold Rush lasted only seven years, California provided other opportunities for those who emigrated there in search of a better life. This Interactiv-eBook focuses on the history of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Fresno, and the people and events that influenced their transformations from small towns to booming cities. This nonfiction text builds literacy and social studies content knowledge through the use of intriguing primary source documents like maps, letters, images, articles, and...

The varied projects in this volume present readers with more than a dozen lenses through which to learn about the progress and impact of the Industrial Revolution, and the tide of industrialization it unleashed, in the United States. Broad questions prompt readers to engage with major themes in civics, geography, economics, and history. A wealth of background information helps readers understand how these themes play out in the context of the profound shifts in the American economy and society that took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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.

High Beginning. Mexico, 1821. A masked man and acclaimed popular hero, known as Zorro, fights in the battle against colonial oppression in Alta California. From the reader series Aprende Español Con..., which features stories based on modern films and television series, carefully adapted for Spanish language students. Includes an Audio CD of the text, supplementary materials for teachers, and before and after activities for students.

Carme Manuel es profesora de la Universitat de València y directora de la colección Biblioteca Javier Coy d’estu-dis nord-americans (PUV). Es autora de numerosas traducciones al castellano y catalán de distintos escritores estadounidenses, de ensayos sobre metodología de la en-señanza del inglés y sobre literatura norteamericana, entre ellos, La literatura de Estados Unidos desde sus orígenes hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial (Síntesis, 2006). Con Josep-Vicent Garcia i Raffi es responsable de la biografía Esyllt T. Lawrence: una gal·lesa entre dracs (2007) y de l’antología Poesia ...