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Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY

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Essential Background Information or Terms<br />

Explain to students that traveling by ship five hundred years ago<br />

was very difficult and very expensive. <strong>Tell</strong> them that the richest<br />

people of the day were the kings and queens of Europe, so they<br />

were the ones who paid for the ships and the sailors to sail the<br />

ships. <strong>Tell</strong> them that today’s read-aloud is about a man named<br />

Christopher Columbus, who is trying to get money to sail a ship to<br />

the Indies. In today’s read-aloud, he visits the king and queen of<br />

Spain to ask for money. Share the title of the read-aloud, and ask<br />

students who they think Ferdinand and Isabella were.<br />

Purpose for Listening<br />

<strong>Tell</strong> students that Christopher Columbus planned to sail from<br />

Europe to Asia, but he had a different idea about how to get there.<br />

He did not plan to sail around the dangerous coast of Africa. <strong>Tell</strong><br />

students to listen carefully to find out how Columbus intended to<br />

reach the gold and spices of the Indies.<br />

Note: Explain to students that the images of Columbus used in the<br />

read-alouds were created by various artists. Make sure that they<br />

understand why Columbus does not look the same in every image.<br />

Columbus and the Pilgrims 2A | Ferdinand and Isabella 25<br />

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