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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Christopher Columbus

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of Christopher Columbus", created by Cristofano Dell Altissimo in 1556 (Oil on canvas, 59 x 42 cm).
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Voyages of Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Postal Museum publishes a captioned exhibition of U.S. postage stamps depicting Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations that tell the story of the Spanish explorers who arrived in the Americas with Columbus and introduced European, African, and Asian plants and...
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Si Spain: The Discovery of America

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the political events that preceded the Spanish to support efforts by Christopher Columbus to head west across the Atlantic.
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Digital History

Digital History: European Commercial and Financial Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at the support for Portuguese exploration by the bankers of Germany and Italy. See how Christopher Columbus' desires for riches was stoked by Portuguese trading posts in the Atlantic.
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University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
The journal written by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Is Indigenous Peoples' Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
Since 1991, dozens of cities, several universities, and a growing number of states have adopted Indigenous Peoples' Day, a holiday that celebrates the history and contributions of Native Americans. Not by coincidence, the occasion...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Pre Columbian Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
An eleven-part learning module with links to images videos, and web sites with information about the Americas before Columbus arrived.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1446-1506) Made the "discovery" of the New World in 1492.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Famous for his voyage to the New World in 1492.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian explorer who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in the American continents.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bartholomew Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Bartholomew Columbus, Christopher Columbus' brother.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ferdinand Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Ferdinand Columbus of Spain, Christopher Columbus' son.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Columbus's Three Voyages

For Students 9th - 10th
View one of the top treasures in the Library of Congress, the parchment on which is written the earliest description of Columbus's first three voyages to the New World.
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BBC

Bbc News: Dominican Republic Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides a timeline of key historical events for the Dominican Republic starting in 1492 when Columbus landed on the island to the present election of President Leonel Fernandez.
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Virginia Tech

Digital History Reader: Demographic Catastrophe: Native Population

For Students 9th - 10th
When Christopher Columbus discovered the New World he and his entourage brought with them not only the views of Europeans, but also diseases of Europeans. This was catastrophic to the natives in the Caribbean Islands and Meso-America as...

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