Columbus, Christopher Teaching Resources :: 289

Mariners' Museum and Park

Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Second Voyage

For Students 9th - 10th

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.

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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Christopher Columbus Journal

For Students 9th - 10th

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.

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Cyberspace Explorer Christopher Columbus

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

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]

For Students 6th - 8th

"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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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Columbus and the Egg [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th

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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Career of Columbus by Charles I. Elton

For Students 3rd - 6th

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.

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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Uncle Sam Series: The Story of Columbus by J. T. Trowbridge

For Students 3rd - 6th

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.

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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

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.

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Christopher Columbus Awards

For Students 6th - 8th

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...

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A&E Television

History.com: Christopher Columbus: How the Explorer's Legend Grew and Then Drew Fire

For Students 9th - 10th

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...

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A&E Television

History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th

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.

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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: The True Story of Christopher Columbus

For Teachers 5th Standards

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.

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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Columbus and the Egg" by Barbara Radner

For Students 4th - 6th

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...

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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Christopher Columbus

For Students 2nd - 7th

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....

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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Letter From Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th

Text from a letter of Christopher Columbus announcing that he had discovered a new land.

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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Christopher Columbus

For Students 3rd - 5th

Enchanted Learning offers a description of the life of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and his travels. Contains a global map indicating his route.

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Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Christopher Columbus Facts

For Students 9th - 10th

This article provides biographical facts on the life of Christopher Columbus, the man who discovered America.

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The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th

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.

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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Christopher Columbus

For Students 4th - 8th

Explores the early life of Christopher Columbus and how he discovered America.

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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th

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.

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