Martin Luther King Jr. (Spanish Version)

The Pledge of Allegiance: Poem of Patriotism is a story of some students who are struggling with the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Even though they say it everyday, they are not quite sure what they are saying. With the help of their teachers and parents, the children soon learn what the pledge means and what it symbolizes about freedom in America. 20pp.

Act out the story of the events that led up to the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner! Students will learn about Mary Pickersgill, who made a flag for the War of 1812 that inspired the famous poem. The six roles in this Spanish-translated script are written at different reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can easily implement these strategies into instruction by assigning specific roles to their students in a way that best accommodates readers of all levels. All students can participate in this activity, helping them gain confidence...

Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring Spanish-translated biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. Vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and a helpful glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover.

Helps students successfully pass written and oral examinations, offering techniques for memorizing, creating, and summarizing all kinds of texts.

25 de agosto de 1944. En un último gesto de locura, Adolf Hitler ordena la destrucción de París. Sólo un milagro puede salvar la capital de Francia. ¿Arde París? es el sobrecogedor relato de ese milagro y de la espectacular liberación de cinco millones de parisinos. Describe los días y, muy detalladamente, las horas que precedieron a la liberación de París durante la segunda guerra mundial. Esta obra se caracteriza por mostrar desde diferentes puntos de vista el conflicto: el de los habitantes de París, los soldados de Leclerc, el de Eisenhower, el de Hitler o el del general...

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Discusses Things That Rot And Break Down And Things That Don't, How Decomposing Things May Feed Insects Or Animals Or Help The Soil, And Talks About Recycling.