A Bluestocking Guide: Economics (compatible with the 7th ed. of Penny Candy) by Jane A. Williams $18.95 quantity ISBN-13: 978-0-942617-65-8 Compatible with the 7th edition of Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Item BGE Quantity Discount Information For information on quantity discounts, contact our Special Sales Department at: 800-959-8586 or email: customerservice@bluestockingpress.com
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Student study guide for Uncle Eric book: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

DESCRIPTION

A Bluestocking Guide: Economics by Jane A. Williams (editor of the Uncle Eric books) is a multi-age level book designed to reinforce and enhance a student's understanding of the subject matter presented in the primer, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? an Uncle Eric book by Richard J. Maybury.

ABOUT BLUESTOCKING GUIDES

Bluestocking Guides are designed to reinforce and enhance a student's understanding and retention of the subject matter presented in the guide's corresponding primer.

Each Bluestocking Guide includes comprehension questions relating to specific chapters within the primer. These include: Definition, True/False, and Short Answer/Fill-in questions (answers are located in the back of the study guide -- Note: student answers to some questions/exercises do not always have definitive answers, in which case the notation "answers will vary" will appear).

Application Exercises are also given for certain chapters. Generally, these ask the student to apply the knowledge he/she learned from a given chapter of the primer to "real world" situations. This way the student may personalize the information to better retain and apply the knowledge gained from the primer.  Application Exercises may include: Essay assignments, Research projects, and thought questions to facilitate student-instructor discussion. Bluestocking Guides may also include suggestions for further study (books, movies, etc.).

A comprehensive final exam is included.

In addition to assisting the student in the retention of the subject matter, the study guide will serve as documentation of course completion.

Please click here for information about study time-frames and course credit/units.

SPECIFIC TO A BLUESTOCKING GUIDE: ECONOMICS

A Bluestocking Guide: Economics contains additional articles, written at varying reading levels, that expand on the concepts presented in the primer as well as an economic timetable that can be used to fill in the economic history that is usually missing from history books, historical fiction, historical movies, documentaries, etc.

Also includes suggested activities, articles that expand on the concepts presented in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, and a list of recommended movies and documentaries that contain good economic history, and a list of websites with good economic content.

REVIEWS about previous editions of A Bluestocking Guide: Economics

"Bluestocking Guide: Economics is a sort of workbook/test book/extra study guide to go along with Whatever Happened to Penny Candy. It includes extra articles to further study and understanding of each chapter in the 'primer' (which is Whatever Happened to Penny Candy), as well as discussion questions and tests. The tests include everything from short answers and definitions to multiple choice and essay questions. Further reading lists, charts and diagrams are included, too.

"You could read the primer without using this book, but it really helps round out the course."  — Cindy West (commenting about previous editions), The Curriculum Choice, http://thecurriculumchoice.com

"The Study Guide is one of the best such works that I have seen. [Jane Williams has] made a good selection of readings and arranged them in a logical sequence for children of various ages."  — Bettina B. Greaves (commenting about a previous edition), Resident Scholar, The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.

All Bluestocking Guides are consumable, and are not reproducible.

BOOK DETAILS

Paperback.  128 pages, quality paper, 8.5 x 11 inches.

5th edition, published in 2015.  Matches the 7th edition of Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

Reading level: This study guide is designed for multi-age level use for ages 13 through 18.

Course Uses: Can be used for courses in Economics, Business, Finance, Government and Ancient Rome (when used along with guide’s corresponding primer).

In addition to assisting the student in the retention of the subject matter of the primer, the study guide will serve as documentation of course completion.

Corresponding Uncle Eric book: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?  (when using both primer and study guide, you will start with A Bluestocking Guide: Economics and begin reading Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? about 40 pages into the study guide.

Series Information: The primer, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, is the second book in the Uncle Eric series

COMMENTS ABOUT current and past editions of BLUESTOCKING GUIDES

"Thank you for writing the study guides. I used the Uncle Eric books with your study guides as a year of Math for my my girls. They loved it and so did I! We all learned a great deal." -- Judi Heller

"I have been recommending your Uncle Eric books and study guides to homeschool families for years. I need new copies to show at my seminars!" -- KD

"Our son has gone through 4 of your books with study guides and really enjoyed each book. He graduates this year and is planning to study political science. He wants the other books we ordered to read after graduation." -- AC

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