The Voyage of Christopher Columbus

Introduction

By: Hope Brand

this web quest allows students to creat a timeline of what happened on Christopher Columbus' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

Introduction

We are going to learn about Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas and how long it took for him to cross the ocean.

Task

The final product will be a timeline of the voyage of Christopher Columbus via his journal. In the process links you will see the link and instructions in creating your timeline.

Process

Steps to creating your timeline

  1. Go to this link: http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/source/Columbus1.asp
  2. Read the journal entries and write down 10 important events that happened on that day.
  3. The events should include: the day they left, and the day they landed.
  4. Describe what impact that event might have had on the crossing. On the day they landed, describe what they saw.
  5. Once you have written down the important information you will write your dates on 10 notecards.
  6. On the back of the notecards, you will match your notes with the dates and write the information from that day.
Evaluation
Category Exemplary-4 Qualified-3 Developing-2 Beginning-1
Dates There are 10 important dates There are >10,<7 dates There are >7,<4 dates There are >4 dates
Information The information is relevant to the voyage and explains how that day influenced the voyage.

The information

is relevant to the voyage And some explain the influence on the voyage.

Some information

is relevant to the voyage.

No information

is relevant to the voyage.
Information matches All information lines up with the proper date. 7 or more pieces of information lines up with the date.

4 or more pieces of information

lines up with the right date.

Less than 4 pieces of information

lines up with the correct date. 
Grammar There are no grammatical errors on the cards. There is only 3 grammatical errors on the cards.

There is 4-6 pieces of grammatical

errors.

There is more than 6 grammatical

errors.
Dates are in order All dates are in chronological order. Less than 2 dates are out of chronological order.

Less than 4 dates are out of chronological

order.

Less than 10 dates are out of chronological

order. 

Follow this rubric: this is how your work will be evaluates.

Conclusion

Looking back, we discovered how long it took for Columbus to cross the Atlantic Ocean and how the discovery of the America's started the settlements of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Credits

Thank you to Fordham.edu for access to Christopher Columbus' journal.

Teacher Page

This Web Quest will allow students to create a timeline of Christopher Columbus' journey and discovery of the Americas.