ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cyberspace Explorer Christopher Columbus
This lesson supports students' literacy skills by gathering multiple online sources concerning the explorer Christopher Columbus. Activities promote this literacy by attempting to research Columbus from multiple perspectives, including...
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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...
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue
Help your ESL learners understand the role of Columbus in the history of America. Take the opportunity to teach map skill. This lesson plans include the TESOL standards and many downloads.
Other
Christopher Columbus Awards
The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams, with an adult coach, to identify a problem in their community...
Other
Columbus: Empty Bowls
In this project, participants create ceramic bowls then serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl to use that day and to keep as a reminder that there are always "empty bowls" in the world. In exchange for a meal and...
Huntington Library
Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature From Columbus to Darwin
In this lesson module, students examine primary source materials to see how Latin America was depicted by cartographers and artists from its discovery by Columbus up to Darwin's time. They then prepare an argument on why an artist's...
A&E Television
History.com: Christopher Columbus: How the Explorer's Legend Grew and Then Drew Fire
Christopher Columbus has long been exalted as a heroic figure in American history: the first explorer to establish a European presence in the New World. Americans have celebrated his arrival as far back as 1792, the 300th anniversary of...
A&E Television
History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Christopher Columbus
Check out 10 things you may not know about the explorer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 for example, Columbus didn't set out to prove the earth was round.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: The True Story of Christopher Columbus
In this lesson, 5th graders analyze two nonfiction passages on Christopher Columbus to determine facts and author's bias and its influence on the readers.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Columbus and the Egg" by Barbara Radner
This is a historical fiction story about Columbus, the explorer who came to the Americas from Spain in 1492. This is a story about what might have happened long ago when he was back in Spain. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary...
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer and navigator born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. Columbus often gets the credit for discovering America. Of course we know that when Columbus came to America, there were already native people living here....
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Letter From Columbus
Text from a letter of Christopher Columbus announcing that he had discovered a new land.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Christopher Columbus
Enchanted Learning offers a description of the life of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and his travels. Contains a global map indicating his route.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Christopher Columbus
This Ibiblio site offers a brief overview of Christopher Columbus and the agreements that he entered into with Spain as stated in the Book of Privileges.
University of Maryland
Early Americas Digital Archive: Columbus, Letter to Santangel
The complete text of a letter written by Christopher Columbus to Santangel describing the results of his first voyage.
University of Maryland
Early Americas Digital Archive: Columbus, Letter From the Fourth Voyage
The complete text of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his fourth voyage.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Christopher Columbus Facts
This article provides biographical facts on the life of Christopher Columbus, the man who discovered America.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus
The story of Christopher Columbus, of how he became an explorer, his encounter with the Arawak people in the Caribbean, and the exaggerated tales he told the King and Queen of Spain when he returned to Europe.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Christopher Columbus
Explores the early life of Christopher Columbus and how he discovered America.
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The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, found just outside of Columbus, Ohio, provides information on all animals found in the zoo, as well as ongoing education programs, and more.
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National Maritime Museum: Ships and Seas: Christopher Columbus
Learn about Christopher Columbus's reason for sailing west instead of east. Also, discover what he found on his voyages and his return journeys.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Columbus and the Egg
A scanned copy of the 1856 publication of Columbus and the Egg, a book of stories for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America, a nonfiction book for children.
Success Link
Success Link: Bug Explorers for Columbus Day
A fun lesson plan using the voyages of Columbus as a jumping off point to introduce maps and what can be learned from them. Covers content standards for geographic study and evaluating nonfiction works.
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