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The story of Christopher Columbus is important because it marks a significant turning point in world history. Help students build background knowledge and explore areas of interest. This Power Point includes 60 visual appealing slides perfect for literacy and history lessons.
Informational texts help promote vocabulary development and allows students to use prior knowledge to make connections to the text. No prep work needed with these lesson slides. These lesson slides saves teachers time and has interesting facts and great visuals for students.
This lesson includes the topics:
• Why Christopher Columbus?
• Vocabulary Word List
• Christopher Columbus Early Life
• Age of Exploration
• Columbus' Motivation
• Columbus' Voyages
• The First Voyage (1492)
• Columbus' Arrival in the Americas
• Impact of Columbus' Arrival on the American Indian Population
• Columbus' Legacy
• Columbus' Later Years
• "Interesting Facts" Slides
• References
Supports CCSS:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.10
If you are looking for engaging lesson slides on the life and times of Christopher Columbus to help students improve comprehension, build background knowledge, and increase Tier 3 vocabulary, this is the resource for you!
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• Thanksgiving 1621 to Present
• American Northeastern Tribes
• American Southeastern Tribes
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