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Download full textMetcalf, Doris Hunter – 1996
This resource book provides information and activity sheets on explorers of North America. The five sections of the book trace the explorers' contributions both geographically and chronologically. Each section includes thought questions, biographical portraits and skill activities for grades 4-8. Section 1, "They Opened the Door,"…
Descriptors: American Studies, Biographies, Elementary Education, Modern History
Gage, Susan – 1991
Dialogue and illustrations trace the history of the first peoples of South, Central, and North America and encourage students to look at past and present patterns of colonialism and to view colonialism from the perspective of the colonized. Chapter 1 critiques Columbus 500 years after founding the first colony in the Americas. Chapter 2 presents…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Martinson, Tom, Ed.; Brooker-Gross, Susan, Ed. – 1992
This book, issued in observance of the Columbus Quincentennial and on the occasion of the 27th International Geographical Congress, addresses a broad range of contemporary topics including environmental change, dynamics of the world economy, human needs, wants and rights, political order and change, and contemporary cultures. The format is one of…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies
