Californianos que marcaron la diferencia (Californians Who Made a Difference)

¿Qué quiere ser cuándo crezca? En Cuando crezca, descubrirá cuantas cosas diferentes podrá hacer! (What do you want to be when you grow up? In Cuando crezca, you will discover just how many things you can be!) A little boy explores being a doctor, dentist, singer, fire fighter, pilot, teacher, construction worker, cook, famous baseball player and more in this adorably-illustrated book. At the end of the day, he still can’t decide because he’s only 7! Cute text, coupled with beautiful watercolor art, illustrates each occupation in a fun, child-like way. Learn simple English words and...

An ideal book for young Spanish students; proposes a new progression that promotes language acquisition and consolidation of contents, offers numerous grammatical and lexical and formal practice aid activities within the unit and contains a competency evaluation at the end of each chapter.

Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book has been translated into Spanish and explores the history of American Indians in Texas and how each group found different ways to live in the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache, and Shoshone and discover how they struggled to survive European colonization, the Indian Removal Act, and American expansion. Other topics include the Dawes Act, Indian...

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...