Columbus Day Resources for Homeschoolers
These Columbus Day homeschool resources will help you and your family dig into the truth of the often-maligned Genoese explorer known as Christopher Colombus working for the King & Queen of Spain.
Use these Columbus Day homeschool resources that include a lapbook, notebooking pages, printables, books and more as you uncover the truth about Columbus’ famous voyage that introduced the Old World to the New World.
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Columbus Day Lessons
For 8th to 12th grades: Columbus Day Study Guide from Nicki Truesdell
Research the sizes of Columbus’ three ships. Measure them out on your driveway or yard. Would you want to cross an unknown ocean in one? Your older kids can extend the activity by finding the volume of the hold. Each ship carried 30 sailors and their provisions. How crowded was it?
Columbus Day Spice Painting with these instructions from My Very Educated Mother
Columbus Day Notebooking Pages & Printables
Map out the journey Columbus took. Use the Columbus Voyage World Map in the Free Resource Library. Look under Worksheets > History
Learn the Parts of an Explorer’s Ship
Christopher Columbus & Columbus Day coloring pages
Get Columbus Day Copywork & Worksheets at Cynce’s Place
Print out some Columbus Writing Prompts from 123Homeschool4Me
RoyalBaloo has a free Columbus unit study for early elementary
PreK and Kinders can learn more about Christopher Columbus with this printable pack from 3 Dinosaurs
Columbus Day Videos
Christoper Columbus My First Autobiography read aloud with Mrs. Clark
Leo & Layla Meet Christopher Columbus Highly recommend this video
Christoper Columbus: Villain or Hero?
Columbus Day Library List
In order of difficulty * Highly Recommend
In 1492 by Jean Marzollo
Christopher Columbus (Step into Reading) 1991 by Stephen Krensky (NOT the Newer Revised version)
A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus by David A. Adler
Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz
*Columbus by Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
Meet Christopher Columbus by James T. Dekay
*Christopher Columbus: Across the Ocean Sea by Janet & Geoff Benge
Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis
Christopher Columbus (Sowers) by Bennie Rhoades
Pedro’s Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus by Pam Conrad
Columbus & Cortez, Conquerors for Christ by John Eidsmoe
*Christopher Columbus: His Story and His Journals by Edward Everett Hale ( A Primary Source)
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