Extraordinary Americans Series
Teach students of all abilities how Americans from a variety of backgrounds helped shape our country
High interest and easy readability make these personal stories appealing to all students. Each 98 pp. activity text features accounts of 16 men, women and children who changed the direction of American life. Each three page story is followed by exercises that help students remember the facts, understand the story's many levels, get the main idea, and apply what they have learned.
Extraordinary Young Americans
Includes: Trevor Farrell: Activist for the Homeless, Oscar de la Hoya: Boxing Champion, Phyllis Wheatley: The First African American Poet, Tiger Woods: Professional Golfer, and more!
Extraordinary American Entrepreneurs
Includes: Andrew Carnegie: Steel Industrialist, Oprah Winfrey: TV Talk Show Host, Mary Kay Ash: Creator of a Cosmetic Empire, Bill Gates: Founder of Microsoft and more!
Extraordinary American Women
Includes: Eleanor Roosevelt: Humanitarian, Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Supreme Court Justice, Nikki Giovanni: Poet, Barbara Jordan: Congresswoman, and more!
Extraordinary Native Americans
Includes: Chief Joseph: Nez Perce Chief, Mary Musgrove: Creek Interpreter and Diplomat, Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Cheyenne, U.S. Senator, Maria Martinez: Pueblo Potter, and more!
Extraordinary Asian Americans
Includes: i.m. Pei: Architect, An Wang: inventor, Yo-yo Ma: Cellist, Daniel K. Inouye: United States Senator, And more!
Includes: Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Leader, Shirley Chisolm: 1st Black Woman in Congress, Maya Angelou: Poet Laureate, Malcolm X: Black Militant Leader, and more!
16 More Extraordinary African Americans
Includes: Langston Hughes, poet, Jesse Owens, athlete, Benjamin Davis, Tuskegee airman, Fannie Lou Hamer, voter registration activist, Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader, Alex Haley, author, Muhammad Ali, boxer, Faith Ringgold, artist, Alice Walker, author, Gladys Knight, singer, Bernice Reagon, historian, Colin Powell, statesman/soldier, Ben Carson, physician, Morgan Freeman, actor, Geoffrey Canada, social activist, Ruth Simmons, university president
Extraordinary Hispanic Americans
Includes: Cesar Chavez: Civil Rights Champion, Ellen Ochoa: Astronaut, Judy Baca: Artist, Edward James Olmos: Actor, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: U.S. Representative, and more!
More Extraordinary Hispanic Americans
Includes: Guy Gabaldon, US Marine, Nicholas a Mohr, artist/writer, Isabel Allende, writer, Mario Molina, scientist, Bill Richardson, politician, Carlos Santana, musician, Antonia Hernandez, civil rights lawyer, Gloria Estefan, singer, Edgar Prado, jockey, Salma Hayek, actress/producer, Christy Turlington, model, Rebecca Lobo, basketball player, Alex Rodriguez, baseball player, Scott Gomez, hockey player, Joseph Unanue, businessman, Franklin Chang Diaz, astronaut
| Item# | Products | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WL9003WB | Extraordinary Americans Sample Set (One ea of all 11 Activity Texts) | $ 350.00 |