The Story of Christopher Columbus for Kids

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When it comes to the story of Christopher Columbus, there’s a lot to unpack. The story of his famous voyage where he ‘discovered’ the new world continues to capture people’s imaginations to this day. However, there’s more to his story than just his famous voyage. So, if you’re looking tot ell the story of Christopher Columbus for kids, you’ll probably be wanting some engaging resources to help you.

 Of course, there’s plenty of ‘well known’ facts about Columbus that simply aren’t true. This PowerPoint presentation will help to get the actual facts about Columbus’ life and voyage laid out clearly and accurately. Each slide includes, not only written information but, also, eye catching colour illustrations that help get the information across in a way that will stick in their memories. They will also help keep your student’s attention focused on what is being taught much better than simply having them read from a textbook or fact sheet.

This presentation covers the important facts from Columbus’ early years to his death and the impact his legacy has had. Then it moves into an interactive quiz where your students can test what they have learned.

Do you have any other Christopher Columbus resources?

As we’ve said, Christopher Columbus and his legacy had a massive impact on how the world ended up developing. If you’re covering him in class it’s unlikely that you’ll just be spending half a morning on him. Therefore, here are some more resources to help you out.

Firstly, if you don’t have time to spare searching across the site to gather together individual teaching resources on Columbus then, as always, we’re striving to give you what you need. So, this Christopher Columbus Differentiated Lesson Teaching Pack should give you a Well-coordinated collection of resources for putting a lesson together.

On the other hand, if what you’re looking for is a resource that lets you test your students on how well they remember the order of the major events of Christopher Columbus’ life, then this Christopher Columbus Cut and Paste Activity may be just what you need.

Or this ‘Five Facts about Christopher Columbus’ Writing Activity resource is a good choice for something for students to use to list the facts about him that stick in their minds the most.

Christopher Columbus Facts

• Columbus didn’t set out to prove the world was round. People had known that since as early as the 6th century BC.
• It’s very likely that Columbus was not the first European to cross the Atlantic Ocean.