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

Columbus and Other Great Explorers - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/columbusday1.html
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

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

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

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

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

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

Dia de la Raza - http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/weekly/aa100601a.htm
Columbus Day, Native American Day and Dia de la Raza commemorate the exploration, colonization and multi-cultural and multi-ethnic heritage of the Americas.

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

Día de la Raza - http://www.cocori.com/library/crinfo/columb.htm
Article discusses Columbus Day in Costa Rica and explores how Columbus's discovery impacted the nation.

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

Día de la Raza - http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libDiadelaRaza.php
Celebrated throughout Latin America as the day of the arrival of Columbus and the birth of the first Latinoamericanos - the day of The Race (Día de la Raza).

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

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

Lesson Plan - Columbus Day - http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/columbus.html
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.

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

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