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Beyond La Niña, La Pinta, and La Santa María: The Invention and Mental Mapping of the New World

Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:47am

--Luis Martínez Fernández
Approaching the encounter between Europe and the Americas as an intellectual rather than a physical discovery enables students to go beyond memorization to gain an understanding of Medieval and Renaissance ways of acquiring knowledge.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011307.pdf [1]

Pre-colonial, Colonial [2]
Social Education [3]
Secondary/High School [4]
Geography [5]
US History [6]

Source URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/node/4437

Links:
[1] http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011307.pdf
[2] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/historical-period/pre-colonial-colonial
[3] http://www.socialstudies.org/category/journal/social-education
[4] http://www.socialstudies.org/secondaryhighschool
[5] http://www.socialstudies.org/geography
[6] http://www.socialstudies.org/ushistory