Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs Dig Deeper After reading this book, what questions do you still have about the early years of personal computers? Do you want to learn more about other companies, such as Microsoft? Or other technology leaders, such as Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder? Write down one or two questions to guide you in your research. With an adult’s help, find a few reliable sources about this time period. Write a paragraph about how you did your research and what you learned.
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Steve Jobs You Are There This book talks about the different personalities of Apple’s founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Imagine that you are an early Apple employee. Based on what you know about how they work, would you rather work for Jobs or Wozniak? How might the company have been different if Wozniak had run it rather than Jobs?
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Steve Jobs Surprise Me This book provides a lot of information about personal computers and how they developed. After reading this book, what two or three facts about the history of personal computers did you find most surprising? Why did you find them surprising? Write a few sentences about each fact.
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Steve Jobs Another View This book includes a lot of information about Steve Jobs’s innovations. As you know, every source is different. Ask a librarian or another adult to help you find a source that is more critical of Jobs. Write a short essay comparing and contrasting the new source’s point of view with that of this book’s author. How are they different and why?
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Steve Jobs Dig Deeper After reading this book, what questions do you still have about the early years of personal computers? Do you want to learn more about other companies, such as Microsoft? Or other technology leaders, such as Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder? Write down one or two questions to guide you in your research. With an adult’s help, find a few reliable sources about this time period. Write a paragraph about how you did your research and what you learned.
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NEWSMAKERS Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www.abdopublishing.com
Steve Jobs You Are There This book talks about the different personalities of Apple’s founders, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Imagine that you are an early Apple employee. Based on what you know about how they work, would you rather work for Jobs or Wozniak? How might the company have been different if Wozniak had run it rather than Jobs?
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NEWSMAKERS Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www.abdopublishing.com
Steve Jobs Surprise Me This book provides a lot of information about personal computers and how they developed. After reading this book, what two or three facts about the history of personal computers did you find most surprising? Why did you find them surprising? Write a few sentences about each fact.
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NEWSMAKERS Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www.abdopublishing.com
Steve Jobs Another View This book includes a lot of information about Steve Jobs’s innovations. As you know, every source is different. Ask a librarian or another adult to help you find a source that is more critical of Jobs. Write a short essay comparing and contrasting the new source’s point of view with that of this book’s author. How are they different and why?
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