Christopher Columbus Interactive Biography
By Micah's Learning Resources
He was neither the lone genius who proved the earth was round nor a cartoon villain who stumbled into history. This interactive biography gives students the whole Christopher Columbus: a superb practical seaman with a badly mistaken theory, an obsessive who wore down two kingdoms until one of them said yes, and a governor whose rule was violent enough that his own crown arrested him and sent him home in chains. What's Included: - Five life eras with public domain paintings and engravings, from the Genoese wool weaver's son through the 1492 crossing, the governorship that ended in his arrest, and the final voyage - A dual-track timeline that puts Columbus's own life on the top axis and the world he moved through on the bottom, so students can see why 1492 and not 1485 - All four voyages drawn on a real world map with direction arrows and nine place markers, each voyage toggleable so students can compare routes one at a time - A twenty-node connections web of the people, ships, documents and events around him, including Ferdinand and Isabella, Guacanagari of Hispaniola, and Bartolome de las Casas - Four primary sources with the evidence weighed for students, each paired with a caution about what the document can and cannot prove, plus close reading prompts - A fifteen-question check for understanding with explanations Honest about the cost. This resource does not soften what the voyages meant for the Taíno people. The tribute quota, the enslavement, the 500 captives shipped to
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