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ERIC Number: EJ440265
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Part 1: World Maps, Worldviews, and World History. European Cartography on the Eve of the Discoveries.
Danzer, Gerald A.
Social Education, v55 n5 p301-03 Sep 1991
Examines how teachers can capitalize on interest in the age of the discoveries as the five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus' first voyage approaches. Indicates that a series of articles on the discoveries is intended to offer teachers a framework of themes that can inform their conceptions of world history as a high school course. (SG)
Descriptors: Cartography, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Maps, Social Studies, Units of Study, World History, World Views
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Historical Materials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Columbus Quintcentenary; Explorers