Columbus Lap Book

A fun and engaging activity with an exciting outcome. Everything you need to help your class create their very own Christopher Columbus lapbook:

Included in this resource pack:
- Planning for 3 sessions including ideas for some independent activities

Session 1 (Can I explain what history means? Can I order events on a timeline? ) w
- What is history PowerPoint (This can easily be adapted to include other people / events from the
past that is relevant to your classes prior learning).
- Timeline pictures to create your own class timeline.
- Application activity - Ordering events on a timeline worksheet (focus on their lifetime e.g. born, first
crawl, first steps, starting school etc.)
- In the future, when I grow up worksheet
- Past and present photos to sort

Session 2 (Can I explain who Christopher Columbus was?)
- Christopher Columbus Story PowerPoint
- Columbus picture for class timeline
- How to make your lap book PowerPoint
- Example of completed lapbook and example of completed front cover
- Information squares for children's lap books (Did you Know? and Who was he?) [Could be cut out and stuck into lap book or printed onto stickers]
- Sequencing worksheet for lapbook
- Portrait square for lapbook

Session 3 - Can I explain why Christopher Columbus was famous and how he changed the world? (Lap book continued)
- Information squares for children's lapbook (What was he famous for? and How he changed the world) [Could be cut out and stuck into lap book or printed onto stickers]
- world map to draw the journey Columbus made to discover America
- Lap book front cover to colour
- Split pin compass for lapbook
- ship to colour (Extension activity)