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Susan Wise Bauer

Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.

Susan Wise Bauer

Books by Susan Wise Bauer

Writing with Ease: Level 1 Workbook
Susan Wise Bauer, Peter Buffington
Paperback, 2008
A workbook to accompany the acclaimed series on teaching writing, from the author of The Well-Trained Mind.
Writing With Ease 2, Revised Student Pages
Susan Wise Bauer, Susanna Jarrett
Paperback, 2024
Simplify your life with an extra set of consumable Student Pages for Writing With Ease 2, Revised Edition!
Writing With Ease 2, Complete Revised Edition
Susan Wise Bauer, Susanna Jarrett
Paperback, 2024
Provides lessons, student worksheets, and teacher instructions for a school year's worth of elementary writing instruction.
Study and Teaching Guide: The History of the Renaissance World: A curriculum guide to accompany The History of the Renaissance World
Julia Kaziewicz, Sarah Park, Susan Wise Bauer, Madelaine Wheeler
E Book
Turn Susan Wise Bauer's The History of the Renaissance World into a high-school history course.
Who Said What?: A Writer's Guide to Finding, Evaluating, Quoting, and Documenting Sources (and Avoiding Plagiarism)
Kayla Meyers, Susan Wise Bauer
E Book
A thorough, accessible guide to research, citation, and source evaluation, designed to assist students growing up in an era of social media, fake news, alternative facts, and information overload.
Key to Yellow Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works
Audrey Anderson, Susan Wise Bauer, Jessica Otto, Mike Fretto, Patty Rebne
E Book
Key to Yellow Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works
Audrey Anderson, Susan Wise Bauer, Jessica Otto, Mike Fretto, Patty Rebne
E Book
Key to Yellow Workbook: A Complete Course for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works
Audrey Anderson, Susan Wise Bauer, Jessica Otto, Mike Fretto, Patty Rebne
Paperback, 2022
Yellow Bundle for the Repeat Buyer: Includes Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind Yellow Workbook and Key
Audrey Anderson, Susan Wise Bauer, Jessica Otto, Mike Fretto, Patty Rebne
Paperback, 2023
Who Said What?: A Writer's Guide to Finding, Evaluating, Quoting, and Documenting Sources (and Avoiding Plagiarism)
Kayla Meyers, Susan Wise Bauer
Paperback, 2020
A thorough, accessible guide to research, citation, and source evaluation, designed to assist students growing up in an era of social media, fake news, alternative facts, and information overload.