This is the last day of our Christopher Columbus Unit. Today we reviewed a lot of map skills that we learned throughout this unit. We have come to the end of our Christopher Columbus Unit. There are many more lessons in Hands on History Christopher Columbus by Mary Tucker that we didn’t do. Be sure to look through… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 7
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Christopher Columbus Day 6
We learned about Columbus’ other trips to the New World (4 total) and about the end of his life. We review some vocabulary words and a little about sailors of the time using our book, Hands on History Christopher Columbus by Mary Tucker. We also made a paper world map from Columbus’ time as well. 1. Review: read… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 6
Christopher Columbus Day 5
Today we explored with Columbus farther South to Cuba and Haiti. We also learned about his return to Spain after his discovery of the New World and what a Coat of Arms is. We learned about another landform, mountains. The boys had fun making a mountain cake and eating it! 1. Review: read “A New World” on… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 5
Christopher Columbus Day 4
Today we learned where Columbus landed and about the natives that he met when he arrived in the New World. We learned about islands and that he was not in India like he thought he was. Today we read and had a lot of discussion time, we also had fun with a few art projects.… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 4
Christopher Columbus Day 3
On this day we learned about Columbus’ 3 ships the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. We learned what life was like for the sailors on the ships and actually measure out how big the ships were. J also learned about navigation in Columbus’ time and got to explore outside with a compass. 1. Review: read “At Home… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 3
Christopher Columbus Day 2
Today we learned how and why Columbus left Italy. We also studied early beliefs about the earth being flat and how they thought the world map looked 500 years ago. We had fun with making and floating our own boat crafts and writing letters to the King and Queen of Spain. 1. Review: read “A Boy Named… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 2
Christopher Columbus Day 1
For the first day of our Christopher Columbus unit study we became more acquainted with his early life. We learned that he was from Italy over 500 years ago and that he loved to sail. We read a little from the book Columbus by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire each day of this unit. 1. Read: pages 4-13 in Columbus by… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 1
Christopher Columbus Unit Study
In this unit study we learned about Christopher Columbus and his journey to America. We also learned a little geography and about some different landforms including peninsulas, islands, and mountains. We used the books Columbus by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire and Hands on History Christopher Columbus by Mary Tucker to accompany our daily lessons. This unit study was made for… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Unit Study