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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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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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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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Mariners' Museum and Park

Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Third Voyage

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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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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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 Teachers 2nd - 5th
"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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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help your ESL students 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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Columbus: Empty Bowls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Huntington Library

Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature From Columbus to Darwin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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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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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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University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Columbus, Letter to Santangel

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of a letter written by Christopher Columbus to Santangel describing the results of his first voyage.
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University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Columbus, Letter From the Fourth Voyage

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of a letter written by Christopher Columbus describing his fourth voyage.
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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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The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium

For Students 9th - 10th
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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