A Journey to the New World: A Columbus Day Themed, Project-Based Learning Activity

Project-based learning activities are always fun ways for students to practice material that they are learning in class. The project-based learning activities have students work to accomplish a goal. In honor of Columbus Day, I created a project to go along with the day.

Students can work on their own or in teams to plan out Columbus's first voyage.

 The activity has students buy ships, hire crewmen, and ordering supplies to last for the entire voyage.

The activity also has students working to keep within the approximate budget that Columbus had to work through as well. The worksheets assist students in keeping track of what is spent in each category and the success of the journey depends on them staying within that voyage.

The activity ends with students reflecting on the activity and account for expenditures for the voyage.

I always like to have options to do more with an activity, so I included a few options at the end. The activities range from additional math practice to persuasive writing and more. 

You can check out the activity here.