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Neh: Edsit Ement: What Was Columbus Thinking Lesson PlanNeh: Edsit Ement: What Was Columbus Thinking Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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5th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Neh: Edsit Ement: What Was Columbus Thinking

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These lesson plans guide students' 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.

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christopher columbus

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contact, columbian exchange, columbus' diary, edsitement: what was columbus thinking, king ferdinand, nina, pinta, queen isabella, santa maria, spread of christianity, voyages of christopher columbus

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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