Viernes 13 de noviembre en París. (Al pie del Bataclán minutos antes de los atentados)

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

Dar las gracias (Giving Thanks) uses intriguing primary sources to teach students about the first Thanksgiving along with modern-day celebrations of Thanksgiving. The clear, descriptive images and simple phrases will engage students in reading and build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a simple glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...

La guía didáctica comienza con una breve introducción en la que se justifica teóricamente el proyecto. A continuación se desarrolla cada una de las Unidades del Libro del Alumno, que incluyen: *Estructura didáctica - Objetivos: Cada Unidad tiene unos objetivos conjuntos, generales, resultado del orden concatenado de las fichas, hasta generar un argumento específico en cada Unidad. - Contenidos: Incluimos contenidos generales - Competencias básicas: Concretamos las competencias que se abordan en cada Unidad, indicando la página de la ficha exacta en la que se trabajan de forma...