Peter Kurilecz writes: On 3/16/06, Susan D'Entremont <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is very interesting to me. My daughter loves learning about "world > cultures," and, since transferring to public schools, has been wondering > when she would be able to study it again. there is nothing stopping her from studying world history on her own. If she has the passion she will check out what the library has and what can be in the bookstores. A library card is free and is nothing more than a license to learn. that's what I did when I was much much younger. When I was younger I was always asked what I wanted for Christmas or my birthday, my answer? BOOKS! you can guide her in her readings. ********* EF: A big amen to that. (I remember reading my way through the adult WWII books from the White Station Branch of the Memphis Public Library as a kid, after I proved to one of the lady librarians that I could read a long paragraph from one that I wanted to check out.) PK: We must first of all get our kids to know our own history EF: And I've come to think that "our own" should start with the child's neighborhood and home town, and work out from there, and that it should be integrated with geography. In my day, of course, it was done bass-ackwards and still is, to the extent it's done at all. Ed Frank UM Libraries A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>