For Teachers
This project is designed to utilize hypermedia to create a virtual learning environment for students to learn historical thinking skills while studying one of the most important events in world history, the conquest of Mexico. The hypermedia environment offers many advantages, but it can also be baffling for those who are unfamiliar working with it. At the same time, the primary sources put together here are all extremely problematic, and I have made deliberate attempts to capture their problematic nature. All of this might be quite intimidating, so I have put together some guides for both students and teachers. Before doing anything else, I would encourage you to read my introduction to the primary sources, so you will understand them.
Using the Web and Citing Sources Found on The Web
Step One: Understand the Primary Sources
Step Two: Setting Up the Project
Step Three: More Things to Think About
Step Four: Preliminary Questions for Your Students
Step Five: Critical Thinking Questions for Your Students
More on Teaching the History of the Early Americas
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The National History Center’s New Teaching Decolonization Resource Collection - added Mar 19
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Foundations of American History Syllabus - added Apr 14
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Paper Assignment: Localizing Global Encounters, Case Study: New Netherland/New York (Suffolk County Community College) - added Apr 14
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The Conquest of Mexico
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Web Modules for Teaching American History