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One teacher presenting information about the New World emphasizes that Columbus's discovery of the new world was a critical point in European expansion and colonization, and it marked the beginning of modern history in North and South America.
A second teacher notes that Columbus's discovery opened the Western Hemisphere but emphasizes that conquering and colonization were the Spaniards' primary goals and that Native Americans were brutalized and enslaved by the Spaniards.
The first teacher's orientation is most likely grounded in:
◦ perennialism.
◦ essentialism.
◦ progressivism.
◦ social reconstructionism.