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uncle eric books for high school
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I have three years left for my daughter and i want to include some of the uncle eric books in the last three years. Can anyone tell me which are the “must read” books. I don’t know if it makes sense to “cram” them all in as she will have a full load of other subjects as well but i have heard these are good books.
thanks for any feedback.
pam
We really like all of them. However, I think What Happened to Penny Candy? is a good intro to economic information.
My kids read them all, starting in middle school. Some of them are quite short, actually, and then some are longer. Are you wanting more economics, or more personal finance/business skills, or more history, because it will make a difference in which ones are more important. The political/economics ones are: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, Whatever Happened to Justice, Are You Liberal? Conservative? Confused?, Ancient Rome: How it Affects You Today, and Evaluating Books. Personal finance/business/entrepreneurial skills are Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career and Financial Security, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?, The Money Mystery, The Clipper Ship Strategy and the Thousand Year War in the Mideast. History ones—Ancient Rome, Thousand Year War in the Mideast, WWI, and WWII.
I personally think they all go together and it’s a mistake to break them all up. There ARE challenging parts in them. In particular readers who will be offended by Maybury’s contention that the US’s getting involved in WWI, WWI and the Mideastern conflicts have made the world a worse place will want to realize they will probably be infuriated. And a couple–Money Mystery and Clipper Ship Strategy–are more aimed at those who may go into business for themselves. I do hate to see many people only reading Penny Candy and thinking they “have” it when they only have a little teeny piece. JMHO.
Bookworm,
When you had your children read these did you have them read and narrate or read at their leisure? Or did you use the guides?
Bookworm, what age did you begin? You mentioned middle school, but I’m unsure whether you meant closer to 6th or 8th grade.
Thanks,
Christie
I’m thinking my son would do well starting next year (8th grade), but I’m unsure myself. I read Penny Candy recently and I think he may have handled it this year, so that means next year would be perfect. We definitely don’t want to miss these and since there are so many of them we’d better get started. That’s our plan anyway. But, we’ll see.
I do have a couple questions: If you start one, should you continue with that “series” before starting the next one?? Should the economic/political ones be set aside for “economics” and “government”??
We usually start these in about 7th. That’s what I’m doing with my third son. I think the first one could be read a little younger if need be. I did NOT use the study guides–they are busywork. Yes, we just narrated and discussed. These books are chock full of ideas and led to lots of vigorous discussion here!
The series is “meant” to be read in the order they are listed on the website. This list is also posted in the front of each book. Don’t try to move them around–if you are just going to read them all, just start at the beginning and go. If you only want to read a few, you might pick which part is most interesting and go from there.
I’ve listed these in various places. I usually include the economics ones in our economics reading list, the political theory ones in our government/political theory reading list, and the history ones in our history reading lists. I decided colleges might not know what to do with a course titled “Uncle Eric” LOL
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