Reflections on the Importance of Teaching Spanish Borderlands in the U.S. History Class

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2006

Abstract

The reflects on the significance of teaching the Spanish borderlands in the United States history class. He argues that some teachers of American History continue to present the story of the development of the U.S. as being exclusively a westward movement from Jamestown, New York to Honolulu, Hawaii. Teachers do not present is the story of the western region of the U.S. and the impact that its Spanish culture had on the nation.

First Page

34

Last Page

35

Publication Title

World History Bulletin

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