Titoli in Istruzione e apprendimento

The Reconstruction and Rise of Jim Crow describes the fallout of the Civil War, whose aftermath left the United States South angry and poor. This book details the struggles to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation. The storyline also sets the stage for the country’s next battle, which is between the Jim Crow laws and the 14th and 15th Amendments.

La Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani del 1948. Sembra una cosa molto seria, non è vero? In questo libro, nato in stretta collaborazione con Amnesty International, ogni singolo articolo viene riassunto in modo comprensibile e illustrato in maniera chiara. Alla fin fine è tutto molto semplice: anche un re non può superare i limiti di velocità, tutti hanno diritto ad avere del tempo libero e, senza prove, pure un bambino che ha mangiato cioccolata di nascosto dev’essere considerato innocente. Che ne dite di costruire un mondo migliore?

This audiobook describes some of the things that fire fighters do to help protect people and their homes. 

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade four, follows Mike Blunt, a smaller-than-average boy who becomes a batboy for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is constantly teased by the players for being so small. However, one of the players, Roberto Clemente, stands up for him and serves as a role model for how to handle discrimination and prejudice. This audio study presents concepts such as elements of plot and mood, as well as key vocabulary words.

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade three, introduces listeners to a variety of animals that are native to the savannah in Africa. As listeners learn about these animals, they are also introduced to the multiple seasons that occur, while also spotlighting the Maasai people who have lived in East Africa for centuries. This audio study focuses on identifying a sequence of events, how to compare and contrast, and key vocabulary words throughout the nonfiction narrative.

Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for being a leader. As the president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organizes her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. A glimpse at the early life of Israel's first female prime minister, who was born in Russia and grew up in Milwaukee, this story is based on a true episode in the early life of Golda Meir.

Loyal subjects, watch out! Some of history's royal leaders were just as vicious as they were powerful. These kings and queens stole, tortured, and murdered. Listen to this audiobook to discover the gruesome ways these rulers terrorized their enemies, their own people, and even their own blood.

Ñum-ñum es un oso de cuento que vive en Asturias. Un día, mientras su padre está buscando comida, llegan unos cazadores, lo atrapan con una red, se lo llevan en un barco y lo meten en una jaula. En una ocasión, como es un oso de cuento, Ñum-ñum descubre que los ojos de un niño están leyendo su historia, y se da cuenta de que puede leer en los ojos de los niños.

The year is 1866. The maritime world is gripped by fear after reported sightings of a huge and terrible sea monster. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is possibly the first and finest work of science fiction; plausible, terrifying and utterly gripping.

This guide was specifically designed for children and beginners. It is filled text and exercises that will make your child fall in love with language learning and Italian culture. The best part about this guide is that you don't have to know a single word in Italian. Yet, you will be able to help your child complete all the activities thanks to the step-by-step guidelines.

What's a contraction? You'll find the answer inside this audiobook - it's brimming with contractions! Brian P. Cleary's playful rhymes don't shy away from creatively clarifying the concept of contractions. You won't want to miss the comical cats that reinforce each idea. I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction? turns traditional grammar lesson on end. Listen to this audiobook and share in the delight of the sense - and nonsense - of words.

For the first time ever, the complete founding documents of the United States of America are here in one unabridged recording. Sam Fink, award-winning author of the highly acclaimed illustrated book of The Declaration of Independence, provides concise introductions.

Have you ever used your imagination to solve a problem? When Albert Einstein was young, he was fascinated by the way magnetism made a compass work. As an adult, he used thought experiments to solve some of the universe's greatest mysteries. Einstein loved to think about math and science. He worked for a while at a patent office, but his mind wasn't focused on inventions. Instead, he thought about the universe. In 1905, Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity solved questions that scientists had grappled with for hundreds of years.

Music makes learning math facts 0-12 easy and fun. Kids will listen and say each fact and answer beginning with facts of one, all the way through the multiple of twelve.

This audiobook describes some of the things that teachers do to help people learn. 

A group of children go on a field trip for a guided tour of a public library, where they learn how to find and check out books and other materials. 

Sandro ha una compagna di classe molto simpatica, con cui condivide l'amore per la lettura. Un giorno decidono di scrivere una lettera al loro autore preferito, che però risponde in modo antipatico, dandosi un sacco di arie. I due ragazzini perciò decidono di non leggerlo più e di cimentarsi loro stessi nell'impresa di scrivere un romanzo. Aiutati dalla sorellina di Sandro, Luisa, che ha solo 6 anni ma in tante cose è più sveglia di loro, passano tutti i pomeriggi delle vacanze estive a scrivere le avventure e disavventure di un bruco innamorato di una farfalla.

One night, after awakening from a terrible dream, a young boy heads out on his bike. Soon he arrives at a mysterious cave, which he feels an urge to explore. Inside, a giant, deadly worm has trapped the Librarian! Now, the boy is in danger as well.

 You can take audiences to faraway places. You can make giraffes burp and hippos sing. You can turn the sky purple and make audiences wonder what’s coming next. You can write awesome stories! 

 Experience the lives and daring deeds of modern-day spies!