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1 A J T L Any Age Christopher Columbus Express Lapbook Mini Lapbook, Study Guide, Activity Ideas, and Games A Journey Through Learning Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 1

2 Authors-Paula Winget and Nancy Fileccia Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning Pages may be copied for other members of household only. For group use, please see our website to purchase a classroom/co-op license. Please check our website at: While you are there, sign up for our newsletter and receive a FREE lapbook! You ll also receive great discount codes, special offers, find out what s new and what s to come! Join us on Facebook! Clipart is from with permission Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 2

3 Things to Know Hamburger Fold-Fold horizontally Hotdog Fold-Fold vertically Dotted Lines-These are the cutting lines. Accordion Fold-This fold is like making a paper fan. Fold on the first line so that title is on top. Turn over and fold on next line so that title is on top again. Turn over again and fold again on the next line so that title is on top. Continue until all folds are done. Cover Labels-Most of the booklets that are folded look nicer with a label on top instead of just a blank space. They will be referred to as cover label. Folder 1 How do I know where to place each template in the folder? This placement key tells you the template goes in the first folder at the top of the left flap. Gather the number of folders required for the project. Fold them flat as seen here. For each folder, fold the left and right sides inward toward the original line to create two flaps. Crease so that the highest part of each flap is touching the original line. It is important not to let the two flaps overlap. You may want to take a ruler and run it down each crease to make it sharper. Folding a Lapbook Base Original fold line Highest part of flap. Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 3

4 Placement Key Who Funded It? Birth and Death Map Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria The Lost Ship My Exploration Journal Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 4

5 Complete the Scene Draw an ocean scene with Christopher Columbus and his ships. Cut out on the dotted lines and glue to back of folder. Christopher Columbus Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 5

6 Christopher Columbus Spain had been trying for centuries to take their land back from the Moors. Finally, in 1492, they were successful. This period in Spanish history is known as La Reconquista. Spanish monarchs Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon got married. Together they championed the Spanish cause pushing the Moors out of Spain forever. The Spanish were so busy with their war that they did not share their neighbor s, Portugal, enthusiasm for exploration and discovery. Then the war ended. All of the sudden, the Spanish monarchs were free to think of other things beside war. So, when an Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, ( ) came by asking for money to embark on a voyage to find a new route to the Indies, the Spanish monarchs were in. They gave Columbus enough money to outfit three ships. Columbus gathered enough supplies and men to outfit his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Columbus was convinced that if he sailed west from Spain, he would eventually get to India. Full of hope and confidence, Columbus left from Palos, a port in Spain, in 1492, stopping at the Canary Islands to get more provisions, before heading out. The trip was an eventful one, full of dangers and adventure. Sometimes there was no wind so they could not go forward. At times, the three ships got caught in strong storms. Days passed without any sign of land. The sailors were getting desperate. On October 12, 1492, they finally sighted land. They landed on a small island they named San Salvador, one of the many islands in the Caribbean Sea. The Spanish explorers spent the next two months exploring the territory. When they came to Cuba, Columbus was convinced he had reached Japan. They were not very well received by the natives. So, they left. Next, they came to another big island, which they named Hispaniola (today this island is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It was in Hispaniola that they suffered an accident - the Santa Maria wrecked. They could not fit all the sailors of the Santa Maria aboard the other two ships, so Columbus decided to leave a contingency of sailors in Hispaniola. They would guard the land they had claimed for Spain. Eager to make his discoveries known, Columbus then set sail back to Spain. He left the Caribbean convinced that he had reached the Indies. The voyage back to Spain was long and arduous. Exhausted, the sailors reached Spain in March Columbus gained instant fame. Seven months later, Columbus was ready to go back. This time he was in command of a large 17 ship fleet. He was anxious to go back and find the riches he knew were in the Indies. On this second voyage, Columbus discovered other islands like Dominica and Puerto Rico. When he reached Hispaniola, he discovered that the men he had left behind had been killed. After this trip, Columbus would make three other trips. When Columbus had the idea of sailing west to reach India, he underestimated the distance from Spain to Asia. He thought the world was a lot smaller than it really is. Columbus did not know that when you sail west, a great mass of land, a continent, stood between Europe and Asia. Until his death, Columbus remained sure that he had reached India. Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 6

7 Cut out booklet. Fold on the middle line. Glue into the lapbook. Directions: Who provided the funds for Columbus to explore? Write their names inside the booklet. Who funded the exploration of Columbus? Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 7

8 Cut out the three pieces and stack from shortest to longest. Glue into lapbook. Directions: Write the year of Columbus birth and death on the booklet. Columbus Birth Death Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 8

9 Cut out the booklet. Glue into lapbook. Directions: Trace the line from Spain where Columbus set sail, then to the Canary Islands, and then across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean islands. Copyright 2013 A Journey Through Learning 9