Career Biographies tell the stories of some of the world’s most influential and admired people. Each book focuses on the subject’s early education and training, the challenges they faced on the job, their important mentors, and their career achievements. Students will follow each person’s journey along one or more career paths and get a sense of the person’s historical importance. A career profile describes the subject’s career in general terms.Written at a fifth grade level and easy to understand, these books add a whole new dimension to biography assignments and book reports. Not only can students read about famous people for classroom assignments, but they can also follow the subject’s career and refer to specific career information to enhance their understanding of various fields.
Career Biographies integrate career exploration into the curriculum,
As the only biography set to include a section on career information, these unique volumes feature in-depth text that presents important information on the subject’s career in a way that makes it easy to integrate into classroom and take-home assignments.
Each volume includes:
A career section following the biography that looks closely at the person’s career and presents important information about that career
Black-and-white photographs
An informative timeline that highlights important events in the subject’s life
Additional resources for learning more about the subject’s life and career
A comprehensive index
Career coverage includes:
Specific occupational information, including job description, educational requirements, types of employers, advice on starting out, advancement, work environment, earnings, and job outlook
Resources for learning more about each career, including a bibliography, websites, and contact information for relevant organizations.
Multicultural and diverse, these volumes cover individuals from a wide range of ethnic, racial, and national backgrounds as well as a diverse set of careers and time periods. This series gives students a broad perspective and a richly varied collection of voices.
Set of 36 Includes: Carl Sagan, Charles Lindbergh, Eugenie Clark, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Bush, Gloria Estefan, Henry Ford, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jane Goodall, J.K. Rowling, Jeff Bezos, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Henson, Jimmy Carter, John Glenn, Jonas Salk, Lance Armstrong, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Leonard Bernstein, Laura Bush, Oprah Winfrey, Rachel Carson, Roberto Clemente, Sally Ride, Stan Lee, Stephen Hawking, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Tiger Woods, Tom Hanks, Tony Hawk, Twyla Tharp, Warren Buffett, William H. Rehnquist, and Wilma Rudolph.
Hardcover, Individual titles are $25.00 each. Order individual titles by phone, fax or mail. 128 pages each
