Primary Sources

[inashoe]

What Primary Sources do you use for Logic Stage History. None are available
in our local library, and Jackdaws are horrifically expensive. There are many
wonderful books in our library, and with such a variety available I can usually
find something on the right reading level for ds. But, these are not primary sources.

[Rhondabee]

This year, we aren't concentrating on primary sources because we are finishing SOTW-4. When we do have time for primary sources, I'm trying to use the internet as much as possible.

For next year, however, I have a book called "Sources of the Western Tradition" that has many sources, with introductory background, and review questions for each one. I believe, given the notes and highlighting, that it must be a college-level text, but it's not intimidating at all. I've even considered using *it* for my spine instead of Kingfisher.

Here is a link on Amazon. There are probably later (and earlier) editions. Mine is the 6th:

http://www.amazon.com/Sources-Western-Tradition-Ancient-Enlightenment/dp/0618473866/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228836173&sr=1-4

[Alte Veste Academy]

What Primary Sources do you use for Logic Stage History. None are available
in our local library, and Jackdaws are horrifically expensive. There are many
wonderful books in our library, and with such a variety available I can usually
find something on the right reading level for ds. But, these are not primary sources.

If you can get your hands on a copy of Laurel Schmidt's Social Studies That Sticks, I can't recommend it highly enough.

http://books.heinemann.com/products/E01059.aspx Scroll to the bottom where you can click to see a sample. (The link under the book is mislabeled and will only show you a pamphlet describing the book.) It's an excerpt from Chapter 3, which is worth the price of the entire book. This is a teacher book and I think it's worth its weight in gold. This book and its scientific equivalent, Nurturing Inquiry by Charles Pearce (also by Heinemann Publishing) are, aside from my Charlotte Mason volumes, my most treasured homeschooling resources.

At the back, she lists many online sources where you can find primary source documents. Virtually anything can be found online these days. Start with http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html from the Library of Congress American Memory collection.

Also...

http://archives.gov/education/

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

http://archivopedia.com/_mgxroot/page_10753.html

http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

for images... http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html)

for the UK... http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp?j=1 (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp?j=1)

Frankly, I'll never understand why anyone pays for Jackdaws--convenience, I guess. It is all out there for the taking, for free. Oh, and regarding your question about what to use, be sure to read the sample chapter from the book I linked. My answer to that question is as many as possible!

Kristina