lesson_columbus

=What would Christopher Columbus take on his Voyage?=

//Lucia Barone and Julie Bernier//

 * Summary**

My team partner Julie and I chose the New York State Learning Standards in Social Studies. We both came up with the idea to do our lesson plan on Christopher Columbus considering the upcoming holiday. It was decided that we would have a fun lesson by not only reading a poem on Columbus and his voyages but also have the children plan their very own pretend voyage.

The goal was to have students use a variety of their skills to come up with a better understanding of the people in World History. Professor Lewis specified that we first needed to come up with an aim which we did. Aim: SWBAT: Talk about a voyage in the 1400's and think about what things they may need to take on a voyage. Before reading the poem we would ask if they knew who Columbus was most importantly, and why we celebrate a holiday in his honor. We would both ask for predictions before the poem and conclude with asking the students where they’d like to go on a voyage. Next, they would go back to their desks and begin to create their very own voyage on a ship. It would be fun to also incorporate items they’d like to bring along with them on their voyage.

Since we both work full time and really don’t see much of each other, we communicated by phone and email almost everyday to make sure we were on the same page with our lesson plan. We feel confident that we did come up with an interesting lesson for social studies considering we used technology to communicate. We hope to work together as a team since we are both focused on learning to our best potential and become successful teachers.


 * NYS Standards**

SS2 – World History


 * Lesson Plan** [[file:lesson plan.doc]]

WebQuest


 * APA Citations**

Patrick, John J. (1992). [|Teaching about the Voyages of Columbus.] (ED348317)

Crosby, Alfred W.; Nader, Helen (1989). [|The Voyages of Columbus: A Turning Point in World History.] (ED312213)

Backler, Alan L.; and others (1989). [|Teaching about the Voyages of Columbus: A Turning Point in World History. Six Lessons for Secondary United States History Classes.] (ED316463)

Herrera, Marina; Gaston, Maria Luisa (1992). [|Quincentennial of Evangelization: A Time for Reflection and Action]. (ED370827)


 * Links**
 * 1) [|Time For Kids] Time Magazine for Kids is full of educational and fun resources for children grades K-6, as well facilitating teachers with excellent lesson plans.
 * 2) [|GetWorksheets.com -- Teachnology's Gold Membership] A great website for growing collections of lesson plans, registration needed.
 * 3) [|http://www.iknowthat.com/com/SPage?SWF=%2FHomePageOpen%2FGradeGuide%2FGradeGuide%5FMathMovies]Fun interactive website with colorful, eye catching visuals children will adhere to. Maps of the world and quizzes also provided.
 * 4) [|All About Explorers] Treasure Hunts with timed activities for your lesson plans. Excellent information on explorers and other figures dealing with Social Studies.
 * 5) [|Teachers.net] A great way to find word puzzles and other activities pertaining to your curriculum.
 * 6) [|National Geographic's Xpeditions]

//Editor's Note:// The best list of ERIC articles to date! Here's another one: [| Nineteenth-Century American and British Poets on Columbus: A Twentieth-Century View.]

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