Lesson Plans & Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain

For Students 9th - 10th

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.

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University of Calgary

Imperial Spain Castile & Aragon

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides information on the joining of the Spanish kingdoms of Castile and Aragon under Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand. It includes a map of the Spanish empire and several other graphics.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: What Was Columbus Thinking

For Teachers 5th - 8th

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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PBS

Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: The Hours of Queen Isabella

For Students 9th - 10th

Sponsor of Columbus' travels and monarch during the height of the Spanish Inquisition, view Queen Isabella's personal book of prayer and devotion.

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University of Calgary

Isabella I the Catholic

For Students 9th - 10th

This page is part of the University of Calgary History Department's award-winning "European Voyages of Exploration" website. It provides biographical information on Queen Isabella I of Castile and includes several images of Isabella and...

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