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A2 Teenagers Columbus Day Lesson Plan Worksheet A

Christopher Columbus was born in 1450 in Genoa, Italy. When he was 25 years old, he nearly died after French and Portuguese pirates attacked his ship during a voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. He settled in Portugal after being rescued, becoming a businessman and marrying a Portuguese woman. In 1480, his wife gave birth to their first son Diego. Unfortunately, she died 4 years later. Columbus had a great idea to reach India by sailing west. He asked the king of Portugal to fund a voyage, but was denied. He then asked the king and queen of Spain, who agreed. Three years later, he received ships and began his journey. On October 12, 1492, after 36 days at sea,

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A2 Teenagers Columbus Day Lesson Plan Worksheet A

Christopher Columbus was born in 1450 in Genoa, Italy. When he was 25 years old, he nearly died after French and Portuguese pirates attacked his ship during a voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. He settled in Portugal after being rescued, becoming a businessman and marrying a Portuguese woman. In 1480, his wife gave birth to their first son Diego. Unfortunately, she died 4 years later. Columbus had a great idea to reach India by sailing west. He asked the king of Portugal to fund a voyage, but was denied. He then asked the king and queen of Spain, who agreed. Three years later, he received ships and began his journey. On October 12, 1492, after 36 days at sea,

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Worksheet A

Columbus Day
1. Do you recognise this name: Christopher Columbus? If no, maybe you will recognise his name
in other languages. Connect the names with the languages.

1. Christopher Columbus a) English


What did he do? You will know when you
2. Cristóbal Colón b) Italian complete the rhyme:

3. Cristoforo Colombo c) Polish ”In fourteen hundred and ninety _______,


Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”
4. Krzysztof Kolumb d) Spanish

2. Work with a partner (Student B). Ask and answer questions in English. Together you will be
able to complete the text below. When you finish, compare your worksheets.

Christopher Columbus was born


in (1)__________ in Genoa (now a !!! Remember !!!
part of Italy). When he was (3) We write: 1480 – We say: fourteen eighty
__________ years old, he became a
Start with these words:
sailor (he sailed in the
Mediterranean). When he was 25 1) When _________________________________________?
years old, he nearly died. On his
3) How old _______________________________________?
first voyage on the Atlantic
Ocean, French and Portuguese 5) Where _________________________________________?
pirates attacked his ship. He was
very lucky as he held onto a
floating oar and reached the
shore.
Then, he settled in (5) __________ .
He became a businessman and
married a Portuguese woman. In
1480 she gave birth to their first
son. His name was Diego.
Unfortunately, she died 4 years a sailor oars
later.

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3. Read and complete this text to learn how Columbus got to America. You have to unjumble
the words or write one word instead of each picture.

Columbus had a great [EDAI] ............... . He wanted to get to India by sailing [SEWT]
............... .

He asked the ............... of Portugal to ............... for the voyage, but he wasn’t
interested.

Then, Columbus asked the ............... and ............... of [PASIN]............... to

............... for the voyage. They agreed. ............... years later, he got

............... ............... and began his journey.

On October 12, 1492, after 36 days at [ASE] ............... they reached an .................. .

Columbus named it San Salvador. It was his first day in America.

Next year Columbus and his crew returned to Spain, where he became a [EHRO] ...............

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