Description: Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and is credited with opening the Americas to European exploration in 1492. Although he believed he had reached Asia, he actually landed in the Caribbean, beginning centuries of contact and colonization.

Description: This interactive map details the important points along the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World. Students can simply click on the points of the map to learn more. There is also a built-in interactive scavenger hunt.

Description: This interactive map of the United States tells the story and history of the ten largest cities named for Christopher Columbus. It includes an interactive scavenger hunt.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Description: This activity functions like an online mad lib. Students must add parts of speech to create a hilarious story.

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about Christopher Columbus that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Christopher Columbus passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Christopher Columbus passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about Christopher Columbus. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Christopher Columbus biography for reference.

Description: This printable activity requires students to select sentences from a series of sentences that fit under the given topic sentence, and to construct a paragraph based on the logical order of the selected sentences.

Description: This writing prompt requires students to consider an argument that Christopher Columbus was overrated in history. It then asks students to write about something they consider overrated.

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Christopher Columbus in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Jacques Cartier , you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Description: This bundle includes all of the printable activities related to Christopher Columbus on MrNussbaum.com

Description: This fun and challenging game requires students to correctly order Age of Exploration events along the timeline. Very fun, but very challenging.