Stephen F. Austin: El padre de Texas (The Father of Texas)

This five-act script in Spanish allows students to perform roles at differentiated reading levels to accommodate all students. Students will learn the history of the Battle of the Alamo as they perform roles to increase fluency, comprehension, and social studies content literacy. With a glossary, poem, and song, this resource will help students develop their vocabulary, create a stage presence, speak with meaning, and learn how to interact cooperatively with peers.

Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Texas in the early 1900s. This appealing biography has been translated into Spanish and highlights Johnson's life as he represented Texas in the United States Congress for 24 years and became the 36th President of the United States. Through engaging images, intriguing sidebars and facts, easy to read text, and a supportive glossary and index, readers will learn about interesting topics such as the Higher Education Act, Voting Rights Act, Minority Whip, and the Vietnam War. Readers will be eager to learn more about Johnson's fascinating life as they move from...

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

A partir de un accidente estúpido y de sus consecuencias—no por evitables menos determinadas—el autor nos muestra con ojo irónico el panorama completo de los estratos sociales de la ciudad. Lo más significativo del libro, no obstante, es su decidido y revolucionario empeño por alcanzar una renovación estilística a partir—ya que no en contra—del monocorde realismo de la novela española de la época en que apareció. La primera edición de Tiempo de silencio apareció en Seix Barral en 1961 y alcanzó casi inmediatamente una extraordinaria resonancia crítica. Traducida al...

Learn about the rich history of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

¡Estás a punto de descubrirlo! Abre este libro y explora el asombroso mundo de la biología: la ciencia que estudia a los seres vivos, desde las enormes ballenas azules hasta las microscópicas bacterias que viven en tu piel. En estas páginas conocerás de cerca plantas que comen carne, cerebros que te engañan, hongos cocineros y muchos otros seres extraordinarios. Sin perder el humor descubrirás que todo a tu alrededor... ¡está vivo!

"Explore the amazing world of rain forest chameleons! Now in Spanish, friendly text teaches readers all about these colorful creatures while vivid photos, critical thinking questions, and a photo glossary teach them the basics of reading nonfiction."