ABSTRACT
The British-based publisher Pearson released a high school textbook in South Africa that appeared to blame the behavior of rape victims for the assaults. In Hungary, textbooks were revised under government auspices to include a more flattering portrayal of its controversial leader Viktor Orban and his hostility to immigration and refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. This chapter focuses on the impact of the Columbian Exchange, especially the trans-Atlantic slave trade, on human history. The Columbian Exchange precipitated enormous demographic shifts, promoted the development of capitalism, and centered world power in the North Atlantic. State and national content standards generally are effective at showing teachers how topics they might cover in an individual lesson are connected to broader social studies and historical themes. New York eliminated the requirement that high school students pass a two-year global history exam to earn a high school diploma, and the remaining test was narrowed to only cover events since the mid-18th century.
