Columbus Day Voyage

We learned about Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the new land. We traded with the Native Americans (Mr. Karanci, Ms. Baughman, Ms. Hodgson, Ms. Page, and Ms. Rash's class). We traded for cinnamon a new spice from the new land, pineapple a deliciously sweet fruit, popcorn, pumpkin, shells, cotton, and feathers. As we traded for each item we learned why it was important to Christopher Columbus and what he used it for. We learned how on their journey they brought dried meat, dried fish, and bread because those items would keep for a long time. We also discussed how they didn't know when they would be able to find or trade for more food so they had to watch how much they ate. (Each student received a bag of snacks that they could eat but it had to last them the whole week. All of the students did a great job but they were super excited at the end of the week when they could actually eat all of it!)

Here are a few photos of our Voyage! We had a blast!