Becoming Awesome!: Life Lessons from the World's Greatest Leaders

Becoming Awesome! Life Lessons from the World's Greatest Leaders explores effective social emotional learning skills to help teens become contributing members of our communities and prepare teens for a lifetime of success. Think, reflect and respond strategy questions for each chapter help educators navigate discussion and learning.

This book appeals to educators who may ask:

How can we equip teens to face the complex problems they are bound to face? How can we prepare students with 21st century skills to succeed and contribute positively to our community? What lessons can we draw on and learn from great leaders? Can history be a springboard for social-emotional learning?

You will be engaged in little known personal stories of some of our greatest leaders. Readers will see examples of leaders throughout history who have transcended humble beginnings, rose above childhood fear and disappointment, and defied the greatest odds by using their own emotional intelligence to persevere and find success.

Becoming Awesome! helps you layer in social-emotional learning in unexpected and meaningful ways across your curriculum. If you have the passion to help teens improve their attitudes about self, school and tasks as well as strengthen your own social emotional knowledge...this book is for you!