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  Touchstones Readings in Social Studies
  This anthology is a great source of texts for seminar--remember, the texts are held under copyright and cannot be photocopied for use in class.
 
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These 87 readings from primary source documents, specially selected for social studies classes, can be used as the basis for discussions or other classroom activities. The readings—ranging in length from 500 to 1,000 words—are divided into the categories of ancient history, world cultures, humanities, civics, and U.S. history.
 
Texts and Lessons
  • The readings include excerpts from:
  • The Iliad, Homer
  • The Peloponnesian Wars, Thucydides
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr.
  • The Federalist Papers
  • Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • writings by Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, and Plato
  • folk tales from India and China and Native American cultures.

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