Web Directory

» Celebrating Columbus Day at The Holiday Zone
   Include history, printable worksheets and coloring pages, arts and crafts, poems, interactive puzzles, discussion topics, and language activities.
   http://theholidayzone.com/columbus/

» Columbus Day
   Offers a history of the holiday along with printable crossword puzzles and word searches.
   http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/columbus.htm

» Columbus Day (United States)
   Brief description relates the holiday's origin, tells how it is celebrated in the U.S., and lists other countries that observe it.
   http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/columbus.html

» Columbus Day Activities and Games
   Offers a variety of resources for the classroom teacher, including stories, poems, a skit, coloring pages, and craft ideas.
   http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/columbus-day/index.html

» Columbus Day from Rumela.com
   Provides the history, traditions, and facts of this holiday. Offers short biography of Christopher Columbus.
   http://www.rumela.com/events/events_october_columbus.htm

» Columbus Day-Holiday Insights
   Information about Columbus Day with links to ecards, games, and fun.
   http://holidayinsights.com/other/columbus.htm

» Columbus and Other Great Explorers
   Provides a short history of the man and the holiday which bears his name. Also includes information on other famous journeys and explorations. From Infoplease.com
   http://www.infoplease.com/spot/columbusday1.html

» Dia de la Raza
   Offers historical facts and cultural information about this Latin American observance.
   http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/CulDiaRaza.htm

» Día de la Raza
   Día de la Raza, a celebration of the modern Latin American and the contradictions of the Columbus celebration.
   http://www.lasculturas.com/aa/aa100800a.php

» Indigenous Peoples Day
   Describes the event replacing Columbus Day in some parts of the United States and explains the rationale behind it.
   http://www.red-coral.net/Pow.html

» John's Word Search Puzzles: Columbus Day
   Printable word search includes terms related to Columbus's life.
   http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/columbus.html

» Lesson Plan - Columbus Day
   Lesson plan designed for use in the fourth or fifth grade classroom examines the Columbus Day holiday from a Native American perspective. From the College of Education at Utah State University.
   http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/columbus.html

» Today in History: October 12
   History and images related to Columbus Day. From the Library of Congress.
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct12.html