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Youth Empowerment Series

Discovering Careers for Your Future 13 Volumes

  Grades 5-8

 

Broad Coverage and Fun Facts

These books provide accurate career information in a two-color format designed specially to appeal to students. Teachers, librarians, and parents can feel confident directing their students to these compact and versatile resources for book reports or research projects. Each book profiles 20 careers and offers a comprehensive look at everything from how to start preparing while still in school to what the future might hold in terms of job prospects and salaries.

Each career article includes:
  • What they do—provides a broad view of the typical responsibilities, job assignments, working conditions, and equipment used
  • Education and training—explains how to prepare for a career and whether or not apprenticeships, internships, and degree or licensing requirements are necessary
  • Earnings—offers general information on average salary ranges and fringe benefits currently associated with a particular career
  • Outlook—forecasts what the future might be like in terms of the expected rate of growth or decline of job openings and employment opportunities in the field
  • For More Info—a sidebar that lists organizations to contact for more information on the career, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and Web sites when available.

Each career profile also contains one or more additional features that enhance the coverage of each career and provide students with fascinating and useful facts and information. These include black-and-white photographs, sidebars and notes on interesting topics in the field, related jobs, fun facts, profiles of famous people in the field, lists of further resources, words to learn, and more.

 

Math in the Real World Set, 10-Volumes

  • Format: HARDCOVER
  • Grades 3-5
 
 
Summary

Math is used in everyday life for key activities ranging from rescuing hikers stranded in the wilderness to exploring deep-sea shipwrecks to designing video games. The full-color Math in the Real World set will help young readers gain a deeper understanding of mathematic principles by showing how they are applied in the real world in a variety of high-interest activities and professions. Join astronauts rocketing into space or chefs cooking a meal to discover how they use math to do their jobs.

Concepts and skills emphasized include:

  • Number Sense and Operations
  • Problem Solving
  • Estimation
  • Measurement
  • Data Analysis
  • Algebraic Thinking
  • Geometry and Spatial Sense
  • And more.

Virtual Apprentice Set, 12-Volumes
  • Format: HARDCOVER
  • Grades 5-8
 

 

Test-drive your dream career!

Ever wonder what it’s like to be an airline pilot, or how to get a job as a pop musician? Daydream about fighting fires, exploring the ocean depths, or animating the next blockbuster cartoon? See a future catching criminals, mastering cyberspace, or lighting up the silver screen as a movie star?

Now, by creating their own virtual day on the job, readers in grades 4 through 9 can find out firsthand what it's like to have these exciting careers and many others. Combining behind-the-scenes information, a variety of fun activities, and interviews with working professionals, each book in this lively, colorful series can help young adults understand what it really takes to land their dream job. The books will encourage them to take a tour through a day in the life of each career, spend a day trying it on for size, then decide if the work they have always imagined is right for them.

Each accessible book includes:

  • A behind-the-scenes look at the featured industry
  • Profiles of working professionals that offer an inside peek at what they do
  • Reality Check sidebars to help readers decide if this is the job for them
  • Find Out More and Check It Out sidebars for further research
  • A Day in the Life activity list that details a typical day on the job
  • Q&As between real-life kids and pros
  • A Count Me In journal feature for readers to track their activities.

 

Ferguson's Careers in Focus Set, 61-Volumes

  • Format: HARDCOVER
  • Grades 6-12 
 

 

Summary

Ferguson's Careers in Focus books are a great value for libraries and career centers. Written in an easy-to-understand yet informative style, this comprehensive series surveys a wide array of commonly held jobs and is arranged into volumes organized by specific industries and interests. Each of these informative books is loaded with up-to-date career information presented in 16 to 25 job articles.

Each article includes:

  • Quick Facts: summarizes important facts
  • Overview: briefly introduces duties and responsibilities
  • History: describes the history of the job in relation to the industry or field
  • The Job: describes primary and secondary duties
  • Requirements: discusses high school and post-secondary education and training as well as any necessary certification or licensing and personal requirements for success
  • Exploring: offers suggestions on how to gain experience and knowledge in a field before making firm educational and financial commitments
  • Employers: gives an overview of typical places of employment
  • Starting Out: suggests the best ways to land a first job
  • Advancement: presents an expected career path and how to get on it
  • Earnings: lists salary ranges and typical fringe benefits
  • Work Environment: looks at the work conditions and surroundings associated with a certain job
  • Outlook: summarizes the job's potential growth or decline in terms of the general economy and industry projections
  • For More Information: lists organizations that provide career information.

 

 

Great Careers with a High School Diploma Set, 10-Volumes
  • Format: HARDCOVER
  • Grades 9 and up 
 
Summary

Discover the many job possibilities that await students with a high school diploma

The Great Careers with a High School Diploma set profiles jobs that require no more than a high school diploma or a GED. Each volume explores some of the U.S. Department of Labor’s career clusters, examining several careers within each cluster. These essential career books give students in grades 9 and up the know-how to find a job in their desired field, as well as insider tips and guidance to career success. Each book in this set examines the on-the-job training that often leads to certification in addition to the potential for self-employment in a particular field.

Job article features include:

  • Is This Job for You?—a self-assessment quiz
  • What You'll Do—an explanation of the job's setting
  • Let's Talk Money, Let's Talk Trends, and Reality Check—honest information on salary and employment prospects
  • Your Typical Day—a day in the life on the job
  • The Inside Scoop—an interview with a person who currently works in that field
  • What You Can Do Now—advice on preparing for the field
  • What Training You'll Need—information on certifications and training
  • How to Talk Like a Pro—important terms used in the field
  • How to Find a Job—tips on getting into the field
  • Secrets for Success and How You Can Move Up—ideas on how to do well and get promoted
  • Some Other Jobs to Think About—lists of related careers
  • Web Sites to Surf—lists of industry organizations and other career information.

 

Top Careers in Two Years Set, 11-Volumes

  • Format: HARDCOVER
  • Grades 9 and up
 
 

Launch a great career in two years!

The Top Careers in Two Years set provides detailed information for students seeking a rewarding career without committing to four years of college. There are numerous job opportunities for students with an associate’s degree, comparable certification, and work or life experience, and this set covers many in-demand careers in various industries. Intended for students in grades 9 and up, each volume looks at a separate industry based on the Department of Education’s Career Clusters. After a helpful introduction, each invaluable guide features approximately 10 to 12 informative job articles, followed by appendixes providing general job-seeking and interview tips.

Job profiles include:

  • Positive quotes from workers in the field
  • Vital statistics for the job, including salary, training, and advancement
  • A "Keys to Success" checklist of required skills and interests
  • A description of a typical day on the job
  • Tips for networking and personal development
  • Resources
  • and more.

 

Experiments for Future Scientists Set, 6-Volumes, Price $210 ($35 each)
Format: HARDCOVER, Grades 5-8

 

Reading Focus Card

$19.99   Combo 2 Pack A---Color Assortment

 

  • Enables a reader to more easily focus when reading a line of text
  • Promotes better concentration and comprehension
  • Is non-invasive with no side effects because no medication is involved
  • Is portable and easy to store in pocket or purse
  • Can double as a bookmark for easiest access
  • Can also be stored on a binder ring to prevent loss
  • Promotes accurate placeholder work as in column addition or long division

This is a 6-book picture series. Titles are:

Busy Feet (Goal-setting, Cooperation)
Helping Hands (Peace, Respect, Goal-setting, Integrity, Caring)
Beautifully, Uniquely, Shapely You (Self-esteem)
Momma Always Knows Best (Respect)
Daddy Loves Me Near or Far (Self-esteem, Caring, Integrity)
The Good Neighbor (Diversity, Culture, Multiculturalism, Respect)

Summary: Youth Empowerment Series consists of six picture books to help parents, family members, or educators address important issues with youth. These issues range from caring, self-esteem, peace, goal setting, respect, and integrity.
 
 

Dr. L.A. Smith's research focuses on reading and literacy.

 

The research provides a user friendly textbook of strategies to help parents and educators improve their students’ interactions with text. The book tackles additional research practices that prove beneficial for success. Included are helpful hints, guidelines and strategies.

 

The book can be easily adapted to address students at all levels and learning capacities.