Educator Resources for Christopher Columbus

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria! This great sailor and navigator crossed the ocean blue, and into the New World. But the relationship between the explorer and the natives is troubling.

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Lesson Plans

Henry Hudson Lesson Plan: Were His Explorations Successful?

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

The Columbian Exchange Lesson Plan: Cause and Effect

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

Christopher Columbus Lesson Plan: Reliving the Voyage with Google Earth and Scratch

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8

Famous Historical Figures Lesson Plan: Who Am I?

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, K-3