Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

Els museus, les escoles i les universitats hem de treballar en projectes conjunts per a intentar millorar l'oferta de les nostres institucions. Des de fa uns anys, es potencia la funció educadora del museu, la qual cosa ha afavorit la projecció d'aquests temes en l'àmbit internacional. Es recullen en aquest volum les aportacions de diversos grups d'investigació que plantegen de forma nova múltiples maneres d'abordar cada aspecte d'interès. Les investigacions que ací es recullen mantenen un alt grau de vinculació amb cada part implicada en el procés: els educadors de museus, el...

Deserts are the driest places on Earth, but they’re full of life! Cacti, kangaroo rats, shrubs, foxes, and more have found ways to adapt to the extreme temperatures and dry conditions of deserts around the world. Readers learn about many of these adaptations as well as the major features of the desert biome. Simple maps highlight some of the biggest deserts, helping readers learn map skills. Full-color photographs reinforce accessible information about the desert ecosystem, including a concluding message of conservation.

Helps parents mitigate the drastic and often traumatic effects a divorce or parental separation has on children, from preschool age through the teens, by helping them open up frank and honest dialog geared to the child's specific age level, so that each child can cope with the natural feelings of loss, sadness, rejection, and abandonment that occur with such life-changing events.