What was Columbus thinking?
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A lesson plan for grade 5 Social Studies
In this lesson, students read excerpts from Columbus’s letters and journals, as well as recent considerations of his achievements. Students reflect on the motivations behind Columbus’s explorations, his reactions to what he found and the consequences, intended and unintended, of his endeavor.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 5
- Goal 3: The learner will examine the roles various ethnic groups have played in the development of the United States and its neighboring countries.
- Objective 3.02: Examine how changes in the movement of people, goods, and ideas have affected ways of living in the United States.
- Objective 3.03: Identify examples of cultural interaction within and among the regions of the United States.
- Objective 3.05: Describe the religious and ethnic impact of settlement on different regions of the United States.
- Goal 4: The learner will trace key developments in United States history and describe their impact on the land and people of the nation and its neighboring countries.
- Objective 4.02: Explain when, where, why, and how groups of people settled in different regions of the United States.
