This social studies teaching lesson includes three activities to enhance your Christopher Columbus, National Indigenous Peoples Day, or a unit on European explorers. Activities use the picture books, Encounter by Jane Yolen to teach students the treatment of the Native American Taino tribe by the explorers. Students will: Learn an alternate point of view about Christopher Columbus based on the Taino people Enhance higher-level learning skills of foreshadowing, making inferences, and determining the author’s purpose Demonstrate their ability to compare and contrast, identify figurative language, and write a summary Included, you will receive: “How to Use” sheet DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDE VERSION A Before Reading activity to brainstorm what students already know about Christopher Columbus followed with an after reading activity to compare their background knowledge with what they learned through the reading. Graphic organizer Comprehension questions to assess learning as well as their knowledge of the author’s purpose, foreshadowing, and making inferences within the text A flipbook to review similes and metaphors, foreshadowing, compare and contrast, and summarization Rubric to assess student flipbook Answer key How to use this activity in your classroom: Complete the Before Reading activity prior to introducing the book to your students. This will help to gauge student understanding of Christopher Columbus. You can revisit this part of the activity at the end of the activity. Read the picture book, Encounter to your students. The illustrations from the book are beautiful and also help students to foreshadow upcoming events in the book. After reading the book, students can complete the various activities. Choose to complete them all or pick ones that fit your classroom needs. For example, students can complete a graphic organizer, comprehension questions about the author’s purpose, foreshadowing, and higher-level thinking questions, or complete the flipbook to decorate your classroom for Indigenous Peoples Day. Check out this feedback from teachers. Great way to share history with my 6th-grade students through the use of picture books. Thank you for another great resource! Great book, a great resource Great thanks! Love this book for when we do Native Americans and Explorers in 4th grade! Other lessons and activities to support Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day: Columbian Exchange European Colonization Packet European Explorers Unit Kindly Note: If you have questions, do not hesitate in emailing me at Teaching Muse Email PLEASE PREVIEW BEFORE PURCHASING ____________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for visiting Teaching Muse. I would love for you to become a follower. Teaching Muse followers receive new product information and discounts on any new items! ____________________________________________________________________________________ All rights reserved by Teaching Muse. This product is to be used by the original downloader ONLY. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. Additionally, this product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). They are intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
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