Objectives: The student will be able to:
2. compare the explorations of Columbus and others to the astronauts of today.
2. On the board or on chart paper, have the children compare what astronauts do today with what early explorers like Columbus did 500 years ago. Among the categories that the children could compare are: vehicles of exploration; instruments of navigation; foods; clothing; destinations; results of exploration.
3. As a culminating activity, children could describe or draw an exploration that might happen 500 years from now. They might use the categories listed above as part of a pre-writing activity for this.