Bill Gates: Microsoft Founder And Philanthropist (newsmakers)
by Marylou Morano Kjelle /
2015 / English / PDF
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Details the life and career of the software mogul, discussing his youth, creation of Microsoft, and philanthropic endeavorsGr 47These enlightening and clearly written volumes cover the lives and careers of newsworthy individuals, flaws and all. Each slim title is textbooklike yet engaging, impressively meeting Common Core standards with comprehensible graphs and charts. Some especially notable student-centered features include "Straight to the Source," a section that highlights spoken or written quotes by the subject and presents follow-up questions, and "Explore Online" (also referred to as "Further Evidence"), which provides students with opportunities to compare and contrast material in the texts with a publisher-provided Common Core site).
