Exploring Columbus:
A Multicultural Perspective
ISBN: 942345-01-0
(55 pages. Pbk. plastic comb binding)
$15.00
Through games,
a fresh approach to curriculum mapping, "Living Time Lines" creative
writing exercises, art projects, singing, pantomime and role-play; the
motivations, historical context and accomplishments of Christopher
Columbus are explored, discussed and evaluated.
A five-day lesson
plan provides students with experiential understanding of the choices the
explorer made and the incendiary situations in which he made
them.
A detailed scenario of "A Story About Columbus" follows him
from his childhood in Genoa, Italy through his early encounter with
Portuguese pirates, his efforts to get funding for his expedition to find
a new trade route to India, and his hazardous first voyage over a vast,
uncharted ocean; to his encounters with the natives of San Salvador and
his triumphant return to the court of Spain.
How cultures other
than the European view Columbus' exploits is addressed and his faults as
well as his virtues are examined.
A bibliography, resource lists
and innovative teaching strategies combine to make this book an
exceptional guide to the study of Columbus and his contributions to our
lives
CES's curriculum guide Exploring Christopher Columbus: A Multicultural
Perspective gives you:
- a curriculum map to assist you in teaching about Christopher Columbus
and the age of exploration in a truly interdisciplinary way.
- a play scenario for the history of Christopher Columbus, with enough parts
for an entire classroom of students, suitable for improvisation.
- production ideas for sets, costumes, music, etc.
- thematic activities in all curriculum areas including Language Arts,
science, history, and math
- a timeline of the Age of Exploration, including events in Christopher
Columbus' life.
- a brief discussion of other explorers of the period.
- a concise overview of the world at the time of Columbus.
- a multicultural perspective of the ramification of Columbus' voyages
- a five day lesson plan detailing the choices Columbus was faced with.
- seventeen fascinating facts about each culture, and a "fascinating
fact extrapolation"--step by step instructions for students to follow
to motivate them to make the connections between the significance of
the facts and their own lives.
- multiple intelligence activities for all learning styles.
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