Prepared to help Italian Middle school students understand the impact which historical events have on people - concentrating on the positive and negative effects of Columbus's 'discovery' of America.

1. KarinOstermann

7. PILGRIMS ARRIVE IN 1620

9. IN AUTUMN
1621 THE
PILGRIMS
WERE
STARVING!!

10. THE
INDIANS
GAVE
FOOD TO
THE
STARVING
PILGRIMS

15. The pilgrims wanted to say
Thankyou so they started
celebrating THANKSGIVING DAY
every year.
This year it was on Thursday,
the 23rd of November.

18. But what
happened to the
Indians?

26. NOW LET’S LOOK AT
THE LIFE OF
CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS

27. Christopher Columbus was
born in 1451 in Genoa.

28. He became a sailor when he
was only 13 !!!

29. He wanted to find a
shortcut from Spain to
Asia, a land of gold and
spices. Hethought if
he sailed west from
Spain, he would get to
INDIA

30. BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT THE
WORLD WAS FLAT!!!!

31. THE SILK ROUTE

32. He asked the kingand queen of Spain to
help him, and they agreed.

34. They gave him
three ships- the
Niña,thePinta,
and theSanta
Maria.

35. Christopher Columbus and his crew set sail
for Asia.The trip across the Atlantic Ocean
took 35 days Columbus and his crew were
running out of food!

36. First Voyage 1492

37. "Land! Ahead!" someone called outone day. Finally,Columbus
and his crew saw land. But that land was notINDIA. Where
had he landed?

38. SOUTH AMERICA!!He namedtheisland
San Salvador.

40. WHY DID HE CALL THE NATIVES
“INDIANS”

41. BECAUSE HE WAS
CONVINCED HE HAD
LANDED IN INDIA!!!

42. Second Voyage 1494-1494
with 17 ships carrying supplies and
about 1,200 men to colonize the
region. The colonists included
priests, farmers and soldiers.

43. Third Voyage: 1498
South American coast

44. Fourth AND FINAL Voyage:
1502 –1504.

45. Christopher Columbusdied in1506

46. WhenColumbusreturned to Spain, he
toldpeopleabout his trip to India.
HE NEVER KNEW THAT HE HAD
DISCOVEREDAMERICA !!!!

48. BUT
Who discovered
America before
Columbus ?

49. Leif Ericson sailed to America in
1000 !!!!

50. Leif Ericson’s Journey

51. The vikings in Europe.
But this is another story!!

52. The End