Columbus Day occurs on the second Monday in October. Explore our cross-curricular lessons, references, and activities for extensive content. Students explore their ideas about history and who writes it.
Students plot the course of Columbus' various expeditions on a map of the world.
An article dispelling myths about various explorers. A brief article about Columbus Day. An article discussing the voyages of Christopher Columbus and what he really discovered. A list of Christopher Columbus' voyages and the places he landed on each of them. Students label a map of Columbus's first voyage.