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California grew by leaps and bounds between the Gold Rush and 1900. People from different backgrounds emigrated to California from across America and around the world in search of a new life. This primary source reader focuses on immigration in California from the time of the Gold Rush to the end of the nineteenth century. Primary source documents allow students to see different points of view, and help students look at the world and current issues with a historical lens. This Interactiv-eBook builds literacy and social studies content knowledge through the use of intriguing primary sources...

A la poesía taurina, dice Carlos Marzal, le conviene ser menos taurina que poética. La propia riqueza ritual de la fiesta, en efecto, representa uno de sus mayores riesgos literarios, porque pone a disposición de los poetas un atrezo, un repertorio de elementos adjetivos que tienden al tremendismo o los oropeles gremiales, el costumbrismo circunstancial o la grandilocuencia funeraria. Buscando la sutileza, la levedad, y al mismo tiempo el núcleo esencial de la tauromaquia, esta antología personal prescinde de los clásicos más obvios -Manuel Machado, Gerardo Diego, Lorca, Alberti o...

Describes the raid on an armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia by John Brown, an abolistionist, in 1859. In graphic novel format.

Learn how to react when you see something wrong or dangerous with this relevant Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected civics project, a glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explains in an easy-to-understand way that students should talk to a trusted adult about things that make them uncomfortable or scared. It also covers serious subjects such as bullying and “stranger danger”, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom,...