Dramatizing+SS


 * Dramatizing SS**

**Script Template for Dramatizing Social Studies **
 * Activity Title **: Christopher Columbus’ Voyage

v 8.4.3. D. Identify how conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations affected world history. v 7.1.3. B. Identify and locate places and regions.
 * PA Standards **:
 * Physical features
 * Continents and oceans
 * Major landforms, rivers and lakes in North America
 * Local community

v Time, Continuity, and Change v People, Places, and Environment v Power, Authority, and Governance v Global Connections
 * NCSS Themes **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">:

v <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">History v <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Geography
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Subject Area **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Grade Level **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: 3rd


 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Time **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: 20-25 minutes; students will complete an activity after the script has been read (will not be done in class)

v **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Character(s) **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: King, Queen, Columbus, Crew Member 1, Crew Member 2, Indian, Narrator v **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Setting **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Narrator sets the scene in Spain, and Columbus asking permission for funding to find a new route to the Far East. v **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Props **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Hats, crowns, feathers, silver pebbles, Smart board
 * <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Script **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">In 1492, Christopher Columbus went to the rulers of Spain- Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand-to see if they would fund his voyage. They believe in Christopher Columbus, and agree to pay for his voyage to the Far East. Columbus promise to find a new route from Spain to the Far East so they can trade with other nations and Spain can become rich.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">I believe I can find a new route from Spain to the Far East. Will you give me money for my travels?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">King Ferdinand- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Let me discuss the matter briefly with my wife. What do you think Queen Isabella should we approve this voyage?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Queen Isabella- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Yes, I believe that he will bring great wealth to Spain if he is successful in finding this new route.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">King Ferdinand- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;"> (To Columbus) We will give you money for your travels if you promise to bring us gold and spices!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">- Thank you for this opportunity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus knows the world is round. So he thinks to himself why not travel to the Far East by sailing west? But the world turns out to be bigger than Columbus thinks. And there is something else Columbus doesn’t know. Two huge continents lie in his way. Nobody in Europe knows they are there. On August 3, 1492 Columbus starts out to sea with three ships, the //Nina//, the //Pinta//, and the //Santa Maria//. Soon the sailors cannot see land.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 1- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Where are we? I do not see any land.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">I’m not sure, but we have plenty of food and water to last a few weeks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 2- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">What if the wind stops blowing and there is a storm? The ships are small and only made of wood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">We have extra sails and spare wood on the boats, don’t worry me lassy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Weeks and weeks go by. Now everyone is tired and scared. They are tired of eating salt meat. Tired of seeing nothing but ocean. Tired of being stuck on the tiny ships. One morning the sailors see a strange sight. A blanket of seaweed covers the ocean. The sailors are afraid, but Columbus tells them to keep going.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Sail on!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 1- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Where is the land you promised?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Look at the birds flying overhead and the leafy branches floating in the water. Land must be nearby! Don’t worry me lassy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">More days go by. The sailors complain loudly.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 2- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Who cares about finding a new route to the Indies! Columbus we must turn back now, if not we will throw you overboard!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Please I beg you to wait just three more days!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">The first night goes by. On the second night, the lookout on the //Pinta// sees something ahead. The moonlight is reflecting off a sandy beach.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 1- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Land! Land! There is land ahead!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">The message is sent from ship to ship. It is October 12, 1492. As the sun rises, everyone can see an island.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 2- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">This must be the Far East! I can’t wait to get onto shore. (Kisses sand)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">There are people on the island. Columbus calls them Indians because he thinks he has reached the Indies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">I shall name this island San Salvador. This island now belongs to Spain!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Indian - **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">The Island really belongs to us, the people who live here. I have never seen men with those sharp objects. What do they carry in their hands and why have they come?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus gives the Indians shiny beads and tiny bells. The Indians give Columbus soft cloth and colorful birds.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">People in Spain do not have cotton or birds. Where do you get the gold rings that you wear?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Indian- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">I not understand.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus sails further west to look for gold. He visits other islands and meets more Indians. He sees many new things.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">But where is the gold?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Early one morning a strong wind drives the //Santa Maria// aground.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 1- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">The ship is wrecked!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">I will move to the //Nina//.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Crew Member 2- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">There is not enough rooms for everyone. This ship is too tiny! Several of us will stay behind on the Island.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Soon the //Nina// and the //Pinta// are ready to sail back to Spain. The ships are already loaded with many new kinds of food-corn, potatoes, peanuts, papayas, and avocados. Columbus forces some of the Indians to come with him because people in Spain have never seen Indians. On the way home the weather changes, fierce winds batter the ships. Huge waves wash over the decks. Even Columbus is afraid of sinking.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">It is March 15, 1493 and we are finally home! Our voyage has lasted thirty-two weeks! I’ve never been so happy to see Spain!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus rides on a mule to visit the king and queen. Everywhere along the way people gather to cheer him and to see what he has brought back.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Queen Isabella- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">You are a hero!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">King Ferdinand- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">We will now call you “Admiral of the Ocean Sea.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Columbus- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Thank you, I am honored!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Narrator- **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">They believe he has found a new route to the Indies. They have no idea that San Salvador and the other islands he visited are not part of the Indies at all! For the rest of his life, Columbus never knows how truly great his discovery is. He has really found a new world- a world that no one in Europe knew about. It is called America!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Activity **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: After the script is presented, students will complete a word search that goes along with the Columbus theme.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">Activity **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 15px;">: After the script is presented, students will complete a word search that goes along with the Columbus theme.