Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Steve Jobs' Stanford University Commencement Speech" by Steve Jobs

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Steve Jobs' Stanford University Commencement Speech" by Steve Jobs, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Business in America: Martha Stewart

For Students 9th - 10th
See the two hedcuts of Martha Stewart from an exhibit of Wall Street Journal hedcuts and read a brief biography of her business life.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Ursula Burns

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ursula Burns, an American chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the international document-management and business-services company Xerox Corporation, who was the first African...
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Other

Girl Geeks: Ann Winblad

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a brief biography of Ann Winblad, co-founder and CEO of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Content focuses exclusively on her career.
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Other

Girl Geeks: Deb Triant Rieman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the former CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Deb Triant Rieman.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Edward Samuel Rogers

For Students 9th - 10th
Ted Rogers (1933-2008), President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc, is profiled. This Canadian billionaire businessman also owned the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team and was a major philanthropic figure.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Richard D. Parsons

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Richard D. Parsons, an American businessman who was CEO (2002-07) of AOL Time Warner (now Time Warner) and later chairman (2009-12) of Citigroup.
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FNO Press

From Now On: Stuffing Technology Into the Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This From Now On article is about the keystone of education: Sound instructional design puts learning in focus first and then matching the strategies and tools that will produce that result.
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Curated OER

Ann Winblad

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a brief biography of Ann Winblad, co-founder and CEO of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Content focuses exclusively on her career.
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Curated OER

Deb Triant Rieman

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a brief biography of Deb Triant Rieman, former CEO for Check Point Software Technologies. Content focuses exclusively on her career.
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Curated OER

Foveon: X3 Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Foveon's company CEO, Federico Gaggin(inventor of the microprocessor), has now developed a new technology called X3. X3 technology is a direct image sensor process which make CCD technology take a back seat. Learn more about the X3...
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Other

Appointment of the Chief Electoral Officer

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses when this position was created as well as the madate given to Canada's Chief Electoral Officer.