When was Columbus Day declared a Federal Holiday?
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared Columbus Day a federal holiday, to be celebrated on the second Monday in October. Columbus Day is the commemoration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America.
In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared Columbus Day a federal holiday, to be celebrated on the second Monday in October. Columbus Day is the commemoration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America.
(Illustration from Scholastic Newstime 10/4/91)
I used the following activity for many years with my students..it was an article/activity from either the Faces, Calliope, or Odyssey children's magazines? This is a great geography lesson to follow and locate all the trips and problems Christoper Columbus encountered on his high voyages: (double click on the images to enlarge)
Other Links and activities:
Library of Congress archives
Columbus Day art activities...many geography related
PBS/Nova Viking deception
Some older resources from Columbus Quincentennial:
Columbus The Age of Discovery (companion volume to PBS series of same name)
by Zvi dor-Net, ISBN # 0-688-08545-8
(I couldn't find the the video series on the PBS site, might be available on DVD?)
Seeds of Change: 500 years since Columbus
by Herman Viola & Carolyn Margolis
I, Columbus: My Journal
by Peter and Connie Roop
(children's literature) ISBN # 0-380-71545-7
(Have students track Columbus' voyages from the information in this easy-read book!)
Seeds of Change (related webquest)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESOURCES:
1491 America Before Columbus, National Geographic Magazine, Oct/91
Where did Columbus Discover America? , National Geographic Map, Nov/86
Spain in the Americas, National Geographic map, 2/92
RETHINKING COLUMBUS:Teaching about the 500th Anniversary of Columbus's arrival in America (special edition of Rethinking Schools/Network of Educators on Central America, 1991, ISBN# 0-942961-14-5
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