[R3librarians] Friday's Free Resources

[Cindy Franklin]

Columbus Day is Monday, October 9, 2006.
See below videos,
websites, and links to primary sources about Christopher Columbus.
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    Columbus
Day: Grades K-3
    Holiday
Facts & Fun: Columbus Day : Grade K-4
    Animated
Hero Classics: Christopher Columbus : Grades K-5
    Exploring
the World: Christopher Columbus and the New World: Grades 3-5
    Where
do you Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? : Grades
3-5
    Explorers, The:
Christopher Columbus: Voyager to a New World : Grades 6-8
    Culture
Clash: New World Meets Old - Columbus: Secrets from the Grave :
Grades 9-12






Websites:


    Columbus Online Quiz
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/columbus-sw.htm

    Columbus Online
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/columbus-ws.htm

    Columbus Navigation
http://www.columbusnavigation.com/

    Columbus Timeline
http://www.columbusnavigation.com/cctl.shtml

    Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/c-Columbus/columbus.html

    Voyages of Columbus
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/excolumbus.htm#Voyages


Primary Sources:

These are (transcripts of) original documents about Columbus and his
voyages: 

    Priviledges
and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher
Columbus (1492) 
    Journal
(extracts) 
    Letter
to the king and queen of Spain (1494?) (alternative
site) 
    Epistola de
insulis nuper inventis (original 1494 print shown in reproduction,
transcription and translation)




Cindy Franklin 
Library & Technology Specialist

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