tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942524891094844372.post4933376199804873209..comments2014-06-14T12:44:39.003-04:00Comments on Scattered Plots: Poetry #hashtagNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139682456492318676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942524891094844372.post-46196088384616081542013-07-12T19:33:11.117-04:002013-07-12T19:33:11.117-04:00Dates? Fellow Travelers? Hmmm. Today we analyzed s...Dates? Fellow Travelers? Hmmm. Today we analyzed some statistical data from a student's MEAP scores. I was surprised to learn that the student in question had answered 0/14 of his/her "geography" questions correctly. Our instructor pointed out that geography, unlike history, is no longer taught in most high schools, as if to suggest that the two fields are mutually exclusive!<br /><br />How can one teach about the transatlantic crossings of Columbus, for example, without situating him with the historical milieu of which he was a part. An important consequence of Vasco da Gama's 1498 voyage around the Cape of Good Hope (which is located on the tip of South Africa for those of us who are non-geography majors!) was that it enable Portugal to bypass Venetian merchants and dominate the spice trade with India. But what does geography have to do with history anyways?GoingDutch1660https://www.blogger.com/profile/03661294254202616352noreply@blogger.com