5th-Grade Historians

This week, we became historians! We analyzed a well-known primary source document, the Waldseemüller map from 1507, found in the collection at The Library of Congress. The girls practiced recording their observations, drawing conclusions based on those observations, and formulating thoughtful questions.

To read more about the contributions of Martin Waldeemüller and Mathias Ringmann, as well as the collection at The Library of Congress, we recommend this New York Times article by John Noble Wilford, titled Why America Is Called America.