This brochure in Spanish contains information about finding federal, state, and other sources of information about student financial aid for college. The brochure advises that most of the information private college scholarship search companies provide can be obtained for free elsewhere. Students should ensure that they are not paying for free…

The literacy workbook is designed for native Spanish-speaking secondary students or adults with pre-reading skills and basic understanding of Spanish sound-symbol relationships. The materials' goals are to develop reading skills to bridge the gap between minimal reading abilities and literacy approaching the level of popular usage in newspapers…

This composition manual explains how to write a student essay: planning, organizing, and revising. It also offers standards for bibliography, format, grammar, and punctuation. (CNP)

A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level Spanish lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language teaching. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of new vocabulary words, individual…

"The Story of California" is a history and geography of the state of California, intended for classroom use by limited-English-proficient, native Spanish-speaking students in California's urban middle schools. The book is designed with the left page in English and the right page in Spanish to facilitate student transition into…

One in a series developed to help high school students who are literate in their native Spanish (but not in English) to meet graduation requirements, this bilingual glossary deals with world history. Major concepts in world history and definitions of important and commonly used terms appear in Spanish in the first half of the document, and in…

This bilingual earth science handbook is one in a series developed to help high school students who are literate in their native Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduation requirements. The first part of the handbook contains major earth science concepts and a glossary of important and commonly used terms, in Spanish. This is followed by an…

The biological/life sciences are the subject of this bilingual glossary, one of a series developed to help high school students who are literate in Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduate requirements. A Spanish language version of major biological science concepts and of definitions of important and commonly used terms appears first. This…

This bilingual physical sciences handbook is one of a series developed to help high school students who are literate in Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduate requirements. The first half of the document gives, in Spanish, major physical science concepts and a glossary of important and commonly used terms. The second half gives an English…

This bilingual (Spanish-English) manual provides a series of articles that explain the parliamentary procedure. These guidelines are not presented to limit the open atmosphere that is essential to farmer cooperative meetings. Their structure is intended to provide a basis for equal participation in meeting discussions, nomination, and voting.…

This manual is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. The manual describes a carpentry course that is structured to appeal to the student as a self-directing adult. The following units are…

United States history is the topic of this bilingual glossary, one of a series developed to help high school students who are literate in Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduation requirements. The first half of the document contains major American history concepts and definitions of important and commonly used terms, in Spanish. An English…

A lesson in the traditional music and dance of Panama and Puerto Rico focuses on the significant African influence in Hispanic culture. The lesson describes a dance, the instruments used, and the costumes worn, and explains the customs surrounding its performance. Entirely in Spanish with side glosses in English, the lesson is followed by…

These two magazines, written entirely in Spanish, are designed for classroom use in the elementary grades. Number 10, focuses on ecology, discussing such topics as the greenhouse effect, endangered species, protecting the natural environment, tree planting, earthworms, natural waste, books on environmental subjects, saving the earth, and…

This bilingual handbook on United States government is one in a series developed to help high school students who are literate in Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduate requirements. Major American government concepts and a glossary of important and commonly used terms are presented, first in Spanish and then in English. (CMG)