Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Children: With 21 Actions (52) (For Children collection)

An NCSS Notable Social Research Commerce Guide for Younger Individuals

Christopher Columbus is likely one of the most well-known individuals in world historical past, but few know the total story of the wonderful, resourceful, and tragic Italian explorer. Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Children portrays the “Admiral of the Ocean Seas” neither as hero nor heel however as a flawed and complicated man whose significance is undeniably monumental. Children will acquire a fuller image of the seafarer’s life, his impression, and the hazards and thrills of exploration as they find out about all 4 of Columbus’s voyages to the New World, not simply his first, in addition to the yr that Columbus spent stranded on the island of Jamaica with out hope of rescue. College students, dad and mom, and lecturers will admire the in-depth discussions of the indigenous peoples of the New World and of the implications of Columbus’s voyages—the alternate of ailments, concepts, crops, and populations between the New World and the Previous. Enjoyable hands-on actions illuminate each the nautical ideas launched and the instances during which Columbus lived. Children can:

• Tie nautical knots
• Conduct a blanket (silent) commerce
• Make a compass
• Simulate a hurricane
• Take nautical measurements
• And rather more