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	Lesson Plan - Columbus Day URL: http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/columbus.html ODP description: 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.
	DÃa de la Raza URL: http://www.lasculturas.com/aa/aa100800a.php ODP description: DÃa de la Raza, a celebration of the modern Latin American and the contradictions of the Columbus celebration.
	Columbus Day URL: http://www.sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/columbus.htm ODP description: Offers a history of the holiday along with printable crossword puzzles and word searches. Page title: Columbus Day History and Information Activities and Links Page description: Columbus Day history and information with kids activities, poems and puzzles.
	Celebrate! Holidays In The U.S.A. - Columbus Day (Second Monday in October) URL: http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/Columbus.html ODP description: An introductory survey of the historical and social background of Columbus Day. Page description: A USIA Publication Celebrate - Holidays in the United States of America. is an introductory survey of the historical and social background of American holidays.
	John's Word Search Puzzles: Columbus Day URL: http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/columbus.html ODP description: Printable word search includes terms related to Columbus's life. Page title: John's Word Search Puzzles: Kids: Columbus Day Page description: This site has many word search puzzles on many different topics...
	Columbus Day-Holiday Insights URL: http://holidayinsights.com/other/columbus.htm ODP description: Information about Columbus Day with links to ecards, games, and fun. Page title: Holiday Insights : Columbus Day Page description: Columbus is given credit for discovering America in 1492.
	Dia de la Raza URL: http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/weekly/aa100601a.htm ODP description: Columbus Day, Native American Day and Dia de la Raza commemorate the exploration, colonization and multi-cultural and multi-ethnic heritage of the Americas. Page description: Columbus Day, Native American Day and Dia de la Raza commemorate the exploration, colonization and multi-cultural and multi-ethnic heritage of the Americas.
	Celebrating Columbus Day at The Holiday Zone URL: http://theholidayzone.com/columbus/ ODP description: Include history, printable worksheets and coloring pages, arts and crafts, poems, interactive puzzles, discussion topics, and language activities. Page description: Pages include educational games for Columbus Day, arts and crafts, reading comprehension exercises, discussion topics, and language activities.
	Columbus Day Activities and Games URL: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/columbus-day/index.html ODP description: Offers a variety of resources for the classroom teacher, including stories, poems, a skit, coloring pages, and craft ideas. Page description: A collection of activities for Columbus Day - coloring pages, crafts for kids, word searches, recommending reading - kids books
	Columbus Day (United States) URL: http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/other/columbus.html ODP description: 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 from Rumela.com URL: http://www.rumela.com/events/events_october_columbus.htm ODP description: Provides the history, traditions, and facts of this holiday. Offers short biography of Christopher Columbus. Page title: October: Columbus Day from Rumela's Web Page description: Columbus Day from Rumela's Web
	Columbus and Other Great Explorers URL: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/columbusday1.html ODP description: 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
	DÃa de la Raza URL: http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libDiadelaRaza.php ODP description: Celebrated throughout Latin America as the day of the arrival of Columbus and the birth of the first Latinoamericanos - the day of The Race (DÃa de la Raza).
	Indigenous Peoples Day URL: http://www.red-coral.net/Pow.html ODP description: Describes the an event replacing Columbus Day in some parts of the United States and explains the rationale behind it. Page description: Indigenous Peoples Day, the new holiday replacing Columbus Day. Powwow and Indian Market in Berkeley, California.
	Dia de la Raza URL: http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/CulDiaRaza.htm ODP description: Offers historical facts and cultural information about this Latin American observance. Page description: Columbus Day, Native American Day and Dia de la Raza commemorate the exploration, colonization and multi-cultural and multi-ethnic heritage of the Americas.
	DÃa de la Raza URL: http://www.cocori.com/library/crinfo/columb.htm ODP description: Article discusses Columbus Day in Costa Rica and explores how Columbus's discovery impacted the nation. Page title: COCORI Complete Costa Rica--Columbus Day
	Today in History: October 12 URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct12.html ODP description: History and images related to Columbus Day. From the Library of Congress. Page description: Each day an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.
	T.J. Monkey's: How Columbus Day Came to Be URL: http://www.tjmonkeys.com/holiday_columbusday.html ODP description: A humorous account of the origins of Columbus Day. Page title: T.J. MonkeyÃ¢â¬â¢s ÃÂ» Blog Archive ÃÂ» On How Columbus Day Came to Be