Junípero Serra: Un misionero español

Junípero Serra was an influential Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. His impact on California is still felt-and debated-today. Introduce students to his life with this nonfiction biography that builds students' reading skills and promotes social studies content literacy. The dynamic primary source maps, letters, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state...

The greatest thinkers of humanity at your fingertips, in minutes! If you thought you would never be able to understand the essential classic authors, you were wrong! With our "Summarized Classics" collection, you will understand the main ideas of the most important thinkers in a very short time and with little effort. The present volume covers the central axes of this discipline. Among them, the reader will find an analysis of Treatise On Civil Government (1690), among others, and a glossary.

Many insects hatch from eggs and molt several times as they grow bigger. Others, such as butterflies, undergo a complete metamorphosis. A common science curriculum topic, insect life cycles may be confusing because of these differences. However, this book breaks down these cycles into easy-to-understand steps in both accessible language and colorful diagrams readers can turn to for review again and again. The most important vocabulary needed to talk about insect life cycles is further explained in fact boxes and an extended glossary.

"Simple text and color photographs introduce temperature, including how thermometers work and the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales--in both English and Spanish"--

¿Quieres saber cómo eran las peleas de gladiadores, cómo se construían los acueductos o qué significan las palabras "Mare Nostrum"? Pues estás de suerte... ¡Hoy, los chicos de la Hispania del Imperio Romano serán tus guías particulares! Te llevarán por las calles de sus ciudades y te mostrarán el gran circo, los talleres de los artesanos, los mercados, los templos y mucho más. ¡Juntos aprenderéis cómo era un día en la vida de esta increíble civilización de la antigüedad! Escrito por Pedro Pérez, profesor y creador del canal de YouTube "El cubil de Peter", donde divulga...