Resources
Learning resources needed to extend learning past the lesson - The following materials and resources will be utilized to extend this unit on Christopher Columbus:
Day 1 – teacher e-mail address to extend student inquiry beyond the school day, weebly.com website explaining classroom schedule, assignment requirements and what content/resources were used/covered during classtime. For example world map, globe, political cartoon display, clip from the History Channel, pictures of the Travels of Marco Polo book, Ptolemy's Map of the World, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli exploratory map, map showing the four voyages of Columbus, Columbus' sketch of la Hispaniola and a list of discussion questions.
Day 2 – teacher e-mail address to extend student inquiry beyond the school day, weebly.com website explaining class schedule, assignment requirements and what content/resources were used/covered during classtime. For example world map, globe, variety of projected visuals of the first meeting between Columbus and the indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere, You Tube clip of 1492: Conquest of Paradise, list of discussion questions and handout with instructions/rubric for nine panel cartoon assignment (including final due date).
Day 3 – teacher e-mail address to extend student inquiry beyond the school day, weebly.com website explaining class schedule, assignment requirements and what content/resources were used/covered during classtime. For example a copy of rubric requirements for assignment, and pictures of projects displayed in the classroom setting.
Day 1 – teacher e-mail address to extend student inquiry beyond the school day, weebly.com website explaining classroom schedule, assignment requirements and what content/resources were used/covered during classtime. For example world map, globe, political cartoon display, clip from the History Channel, pictures of the Travels of Marco Polo book, Ptolemy's Map of the World, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli exploratory map, map showing the four voyages of Columbus, Columbus' sketch of la Hispaniola and a list of discussion questions.
Day 2 – teacher e-mail address to extend student inquiry beyond the school day, weebly.com website explaining class schedule, assignment requirements and what content/resources were used/covered during classtime. For example world map, globe, variety of projected visuals of the first meeting between Columbus and the indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere, You Tube clip of 1492: Conquest of Paradise, list of discussion questions and handout with instructions/rubric for nine panel cartoon assignment (including final due date).
Day 3 – teacher e-mail address to extend student inquiry beyond the school day, weebly.com website explaining class schedule, assignment requirements and what content/resources were used/covered during classtime. For example a copy of rubric requirements for assignment, and pictures of projects displayed in the classroom setting.