The standards are: 1  Research and evidence based. 2  Clear, understandable, and consistent. 3  Aligned with college and career expectations. 4  Based on rigorous content and the application of knowledge through higher-order thinking skills. 5  Built upon the strengths and lessons of current state standards.
Alfred coined the term Columbian exchange in 1972. The Columbian exchange started to connect the New and Old Worlds with the transmission of ideas, plants, animals, and diseases. Two worlds that had grown apart with very different organisms started to become homogeneous (Crosby, 1972).
The World's Columbian Exposition was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in 1492. The iconic centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World.