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ERIC Number: EJ461841
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Seeds of Change: Cutting-Edge Knowledge and the Columbian Quincentenary.
Davis, James E.; Hawke, Sharryl Davis
Social Education, v56 n6 p320-22 Oct 1992
Discusses teaching about Christopher Columbus and the contact between the Americas and the Old World. Suggests that most history texts are correct in the information they include but leave much out. Describes a museum exhibit focusing on disease, corn, the potato, the horse, and sugar as agents of change resulting from the Columbian contact. (DK)
Descriptors: Change, Change Agents, Culture Contact, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Social Studies, Textbook Evaluation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Columbus (Christopher); Columbus Quincentenary; Seeds of Change