Subtle Misrepresentations on Colonial Era Maps

Abstract

Education in history is a fundamental aspect of high school curriculum. An understanding of the past, and the formative events that shaped our present are considered a foundation to a welleducated population who are able to be productive members of modern society. However, the biases of the past often influence the selection of materials used in education. The use of tertiary materials carries a definite point of view from the author. To offset this tendency, secondary and primary source materials are utilized to allow the student a more direct connection to the materials and aspects of the past. Maps are an important graphic component of these source materials.

Nations not Tribes: Subtle Misrepresentations on Colonial Era Maps by Nyatasha Jackowicz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License