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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Christopher Columbus [English]
Fascinating biography on Christopher Columbus. You can also find his biographical timeline, links to additional information, and books related to his life.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Exploring Borderlands:christopher Columbus
This passage features explorer Christopher Columbus as an author documenting his travels and experiences through letters and such. Click on "Christopher Columbus Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Library of Congress
Loc: Exploring the Early Americas: Columbus and the Taino
An on-line exhibit displaying copies of Columbus' journals, other writings about his voyages and findings, as well as information and artifacts of the Taino, the Native Americans Columbus encountered on San Salvador.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain
Fordham University provides the full text of a letter written about 1494 from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain regarding the Islands of Hispaniola.
NASA
Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: The Round Earth and Christopher Columbus
Despite popular myth, people of the 15th century actually realized that the earth was round. Some scientists had even estimated the size of the Earth. Here's an interesting explanation from a section of an online textbook on the...
A&E Television
History.com: Columbus Day
This collection includes a description of the life and work of Christopher Columbus, along with a discussion of why Columbus Day is a controversial holiday. Includes video.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: What Was Columbus Thinking
These lesson plans guide learners' thinking about the effects Columbus' journey to the New World had on Native Americans and uses primary sources such as excerpts from Columbus' diary and letters to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Other Worlds the Voyage of Columbus
This site has a lesson plan designed for grades 9-12. The lesson plan deals with understanding the culture from which Columbus came, Renaissance Europe, and the culture he found in the New World.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Columbus Day
This is list of 12 vocabulary words on the theme of Columbus Day used in a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities. Also provided is a list of 275 vocabulary words on the topic of Columbus/Explorer as well as lesson ideas for grades...
Other
Ann Arbor Times: Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?
Learn about why Columbus Day is considered a controversial holiday.
Read Works
Read Works: Vikings & European Explorers Christopher Columbus
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about explorer Christopher Columbus. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short nonfiction book passage is about Christopher Columbus and his contributions to exploration. This book in the SummerReads series, intended to work against the summer reading slide, reinforces...
Read Works
Read Works: Columbus Reports on His First Voyage, 1493
[Free Registration/Login Required] Abridged from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, this passage provides a primary source and a discussion of Christopher Columbus' first voyage. Paired texts, a...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Columbus
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story, poem, or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words...
Library of Congress
Loc: An Ongoing Voyage: Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth
Part of a larger exhibit from the Library of Congress, this site explores some of the motivations and expectations of Christopher Columbus as a result of his voyages.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Columbus and the Egg
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
iCivics
I Civics: Columbus to the Colonies
From the time Columbus first set foot in the New World, Europeans were fascinated with this new land. In this lesson, students learn about the Three Gs that drove them here- gold, God, and glory- and find out how these settlers gave...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Columbus Day: Opposition to Columbus Celebrations
Read about the reasons many believe that Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated, namely his devastating impact upon native populations.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Career of Columbus by Charles I. Elton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Career of Columbus by Charles I. Elton (1892), a nonfiction book of the travels of Columbus which includes a map.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Christopher Columbus Journal
This site from the Fordham University contains excerpts from the journal of Columbus during his voyage of 1492. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Uncle Sam Series: The Story of Columbus by J. T. Trowbridge
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Uncle Sam Series for American Children: The Story of Columbus by J. T. Trowbridge [1870], an illustrated poem about Columbus.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Second Voyage
A report of Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the New World. Find out what islands he visited in the Caribbean, and discover how successful he was in finding riches.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Third Voyage
Christopher Columbus' third voyage was disastrous for him. Find out what problems he had, and read a letter he wrote hoping for intercession with Ferdinand and Isabella to help him with his problems.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Columbus and the Egg [Pdf]
"Columbus and the Egg" is a one page, historical fictional passage about Christopher Columbus's return to Spain after discovering America. Some people said anyone could sail the seas. Columbus used an egg to make a point. It is followed...
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