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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Silicon Valley: Success, Failure, and a Bit of Luck

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the historic growth of the famous high tech California region known as the Silicon Valley! Read as circumstances placed creative people, and business in the right place at the right time allowing them to come together to...
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Handout
Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Steve Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the Apple founder, with suggested reading and links to relevant sites.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Steve Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs gives details on his various business ventures, such as his founding of Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak, his time at Pixar and NeXT, and his return to Apple in 1997.
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eBook
Other

How to Deal With Common Mac Os X Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by Randy B. Singer offers solutions to many, many problems with Mac OS X Jaguar, in hyperlinked table of contents form.
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Handout
Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Apple Computer Shortcut Keys

For Students 9th - 10th
Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using computer software programs. Here is a listing of Apple Mac OS keyboard shortcuts.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Frontline: John Sculley

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography on John Sculley includes some brief information on his time at Apple Computers but centers more on his involvement in politics.
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Website
Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: Early Apple Business Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
Apple, Inc. has played a major role in the personal computer and digital device market. This site presents some of the early documents in the company's history such as the Preliminary Confidential Offering Memorandum and the Preliminary...
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Article
The Washington Post

The Washington Post: John Sculley Steps Down From Apple

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by The Washington Post (October 16, 1993), explores John Sculley's final choice to leave Apple. PLEASE NOTE THAT A WASHINGTON POST REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO VIEW THIS ARTICLE.