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Level III Employability Skills & General Options
Annotated Bibliography
Note: A plethora of employability skills and general options textbooks exists so this
annotated bibliography and the potential resources list should not be construed
as exhaustive. Most of the textbooks which you have been using will be equally
relevant for this version of the program. You are encouraged to continually seek
new or better references.
Books listed may not be currently in print. ISBN numbers are listed where
available.
Aha! Insight. Martin Gardner. 1990. W.H. Freeman & Co., carried by Irwin Publishing.
A collection of brain-twisters in six categories--combinatorial, geometric, numerical,
logical, procedural, and verbal--designed to challenge reasoning power and intuition,
while encouraging creative problem-solving. The ISBN is 71671017X.
Ask Me No Questions. (1990). Linda Philips, Peter Ringrose, Michael Winter. Public
Legal Information.
A locally written novel about child sexual abuse. Contains law content as well.
Teacher's guide included. Published by Prentice-Hall, but is available free from Public
Legal Information, St. John=s.
Becoming a Master Student. (5th edition). David B. Ellis. College Survival, Inc.
Covers personal development and management of personal resources, including time
management, study skills, budgeting, etc.
Business Today: An Introduction. John Kwekkeboom. (1987). McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
ISBN: 07549183-4
Used in the high schools. Covers most of the objectives for consumer studies.
Available an activity book (ISBN: 07549185-0) and teacher's edition (ISBN: 07549184-
2).
Canada Today (2nd. edition). Angus Scully, Carl Smith, and Daniel McDevitt. (1988).
Prentice-Hall.
Used in the school system.. Covers most of the objectives listed in the canadian
issues course.
Canada: History in the Making. Gillian Bartlett and Janice Galivan. (1986). John Wiley &
Sons.
Usable as resource text because of chapters on relationship of Canada with the United
States and global issues. Also has chapters on law, government, and politics in
Canada.
Career Skills. Joan Kelly & Ruth Volz-Patton. (1991). Glencoe Publishing, carried by
McGraw-Hill-Ryerson. ISBN: 0026756803
Used in the high school system Provides very good coverage of the objectives for our
career awareness course, and is accompanied by a good workbook, and an extensive
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