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Kindergarten Social Studies · World 3: Fall to Winter Holidays · Level 17
Columbus Day
Columbus Day, in October, remembers Columbus's voyage in 1492 to islands where people already lived.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 17
- Columbus Day is the second Monday in October.
- Long ago, in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships.
- Columbus landed on islands near North America. He didn't find an empty land: the Taíno people already lived there.
- Many places also call this day Indigenous Peoples' Day. It honors the first people who lived in America, long before Columbus.
- Try it with a grown-up! Find the Atlantic Ocean on a map or a globe.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SSKH1.b — Columbus Day