Columbus Day: Myth or Reality?

octobre 08, 2017

A historical adventure
for
the 6th Graders

ACTION 1
Watch, listen and pick up the key-words!

ACTION 2
Recap Columbus's biography!

ACTION 3
Play a maze game.

Help Christopher Columbus find his route!

ACTION 4
Make a paper boat!

https://web.kidsactivitiesblog.com/18982/how-to-make-a-paper-boat

ACTION 5
Learn a Columbus song!

ACTION +
Take the challenge and sing

Columbus song!

Food for Thought
For
the 9th Graders
about
a historical icon

Hero...

... or villain?

Christopher Columbus

and

the Taino

A PEOPLE

AN IDENTITY

A 'WE'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcCEgHxgrqY

5 FUN FACTS

POPULAR SONG

WHY SHOULD OR SHOULD'NT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

BE CELEBRATED?

PROS AND CONS

https://www.biography.com/news/christopher-columbus-day-facts

A NATIVE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE

ON COLUMBUS DAY

AMERICANS 'RECONSIDER'

COLUMBUS DAY

A PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITION

Barack Obama Addresses A.M.E. Church General Conference
Barack Obama at 4th of July 2008 Picnic
in Colorado Springs, CO

COLONIALISM

AND

THE ISSUE OF LEGACY

AMERICA AND EXPANSION

Let's branch out on stereotypes!

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