I'm looking for some good reasonably priced material to study Primay sources

[HSmom25andRN]

Jackdaws are just out of my price range.

What do you all use for an alternative. I have an upcoming 5th grader and 7th grader and we'll be doing the Early Modern period. Thanks Angela

[Nestof3]

Perhaps these will help?

 

This looks great!

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

 

Be sure to check the "Document Analysis Worksheets as well.

 

These might also help:

 

http://international.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/discover/index.html

 

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

 

http://www.teacheroz.com/colonies.htm#Primary%20Documents

 

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=17146&external=http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090093.shtml&title=Historical%20Treasure%20Chests

 

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=16321&external=http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_ss/teacher99/toolkit/TOOLKT01.pdf&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090093.shtml&title=Analyzing%20a%20Written%20Source

 

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=7162&external=http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer/index.htm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090093.shtml&title=You%20Be%20the%20Historian

 

http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/soc_studies/docs/using_primary_sources.pdf

 

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listdocumentpa.html

 

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/primary.html

 

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/analyze.html

 

http://historicaltextarchive.com/

[Nestof3]

Oh, I also have several of these and love them:

 

Primary Sources Teaching Kit

 

http://www.amazon.com/Primary-Sources-Teaching-Kit-Colonial/dp/0590378473/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209702667&sr=8-2

 

http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Primary-Sources-Teaching-Grades/dp/0590378635/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209702691&sr=8-1

 

http://www.amazon.com/Primary-Sources-Teaching-Kit-Explorers/dp/0590378651/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209702711&sr=8-5

[SkateLeft]

For doing the ancients with middle schoolers and up...

 

The World in Ancient Times - Primary Sources and Reference Volume

http://www.amazon.com/World-Ancient-Times-Primary-Reference/dp/0195222202/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209703931&sr=1-6

 

There are also the Internet History Sourcebooks:

 

Ancients: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

Medieval: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Modern: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

 

Edited to add: Sorry, I didn't see you specifically say Early Modern. Check the Internet Modern History sourcebook. :D

[HSmom25andRN]

I was at a loss for where to start a search. I really apreciate the help! Angela