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ERIC Number: EJ397621
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Discovering Columbus: Rereading the Past.
Bigelow, Bill
Language Arts, v66 n6 p635-43 Oct 1989
Presents a series of lessons for a U.S. history class on Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of America. Notes that this approach teaches students to evaluate critically the historical information presented in their textbooks. (MM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Reader Text Relationship, Teaching Methods, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Columbus (Christopher); Literature Instruction
Note: Theme Issue: Literacies.