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ERIC Number: EJ453724
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-4675
The Columbian Encounter and Exchange.
Stoddard, Ann
Social Studies Texan, v7 n4 p50-57 Win 1992
Consists of a reading assignment and questions for students about Christopher Columbus' voyages. Provides details on how Columbus brought the potato to Europe from the Americas and how sugar, new diseases, and the horse got to the Americas. Argues that Europe would have been different, and poorer, without Columbus. (SG)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Influences, Culture Conflict, Culture Contact, Diseases, Elementary Secondary Education, Food, History Instruction, Horses, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Students; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Columbus (Christopher); Historical Influences