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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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Unit Plan
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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Article
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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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Seville: Sarcophagus of Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Sarcophagus of Christopher Columbus in the Cathedral (Seville)
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: San Francisco: Statue of Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Statue of Christopher Columbus and Coit Tower (San Francisco)
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: New York: Statue of Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Statue of Christopher Columbus (New York)
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Boston: Christopher Columbus Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Christopher Columbus Park (Boston)
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Curated OER

Etc: Clip Art Etc: Portrait of Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Portrait of Christopher Columbus.
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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Christopher Columbus

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students recognize why we celebrate Columbus Day as related to the story of Christopher Columbus. Students explore the route taken from Spain to the Americas and how long this voyage took by using a...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Christopher Columbus (between August 25 and October 31, 1451 - May 20, 1506) was a Genoese navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean-funded by Queen Isabella of Spain-led to general European awareness of...
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Curated OER

Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Christopher Columbus
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Christopher Columbus (1451 1506)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Christopher Columbus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Christopher Columbus (1451 1506)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Christopher Columbus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Christopher Columbus (1451 1506)

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of Christopher Columbus from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Edward Everett Hale

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Edward Everett Hale including the full text of the nonfiction work The Life of Christopher Columbus, and the short story "My Double; and How He Undid Me".
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Native American History Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Before Christopher Columbus came to America, the expansive territory was inhabited by Native Americans. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, as more explorers sought to colonize their land, Native Americans responded in various...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
The De Bry portrait of Columbus. A 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
Columbus, the Havana Medallion. A famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Contact: First Impressions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
English, Spanish, and Portuguese maps and letters of about the voyages of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and Portuguese explorer, Gaspar Corte Real, which describe impressions of the lands explored.
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Activity
Cengage Learning

Literature of Discovery and Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Teaching approach that examines the writings of European New World explorers from the late 1400s through the 1600s. Includes Christopher Columbus, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Fray...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Sailing the Seas

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' ship. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Welcome Aboard!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares biographical information about Christopher Columbus and his landing on San Salvador. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Interactive
Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariners Museum: Exploration Through the Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
This website focuses on exploration and offers links to Ancient Exploration, Medieval Exploration, The "Age of Discovery" and Modern Exploration. It also provides pictured links to four explorers: currently they are Christopher Columbus,...

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