During the Depression-era in California, Richard, a young Mexican American, experiences a conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas.
The Salcido family, immigrants to the United States from Mexico, struggle to reconcile their need for jobs at the mighty Nazareth steel mill in Southern California with the low pay, back-breaking labor, and harsh treatment they receive--a situation that weighs most heavily on twenty-year-old Johnny, a second-generation mill worker.
Contains an introduction to the music of Latin America, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on its instruments, sounds, and musical traditions, including mariachis, flamenco, salsa, and more. Presented in English and Spanish.
Contains ten articles that describe practical strategies teachers, administrators, and counselors can use to bridge linguistic and cultural differences and create opportunities for immigrant and second-language students to be successful in school and beyond.
This handbook for educators of K-12 students from Somalia is an invaluable guide to the cultural, religious, socioeconomic, and family issues that these refugee students bring the the classroom. The authors present a sensitive portrait of the traumatic experiences that refugee Somaili families in the United States had to endure in their escape from war to a new life.
Contains an introduction to the different games and sports children play in the United States and Latin America, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on basketball, kick the can, Loteria, jump rope, and more. Presented in Spanish and English.
Contains an introduction to the music of Latin America, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on its instruments, sounds, and musical traditions, including mariachis, flamenco, salsa, and more. Presented in English and Spanish.
