Columbian Exchange Gallery Walk Activity
Gallery walks are an active way to engage students in their learning. This activity takes students on a gallery walk of the images, charts and text related to the Columbian Exchange. Skip the lecture and get students up and moving! Two analysis activities included.
This detailed guide includes:
- Gallery walk displays for 8 stations
- Student graphic organizer
- Complete teacher’s guide for setting up gallery walk including potential discussion questions
- Two ready-to-use analysis activities to complete after gallery walk
Gallery walk topics include:
- Populations of the New and Old World over time (p. 5)
- Crops and domesticated animals from Europe to the Americas (p. 6 and 7)
- Crops and domesticated animals from the Americas to Europe (p. 8 and 9)
- In 1492... (p. 10)
- The Great Conqueror: Disease (p. 11)
- Changes in cuisine (p. 12)
- Domesticated animals in America (p. 13-15)
- The Columbian Exchange in Modern Times (p. 16)
What teachers say about the Columbian Exchange activity:
My kids really enjoyed this and they remembered most of the information weeks later. I was really impressed!
I loved it! This was a great resource for introducing the kids to the Columbian Exchange!
Awesome, it helped students to understand the impact of the Columbian Exchange so well!
This is the perfect overview for my on level World History kids. I wanted to cover this topic differently this year and this is the perfect way to change up my lessons. Thank you so much!
A great supplement to our SS textbook. It was informative, easy to use and my students enjoyed the activity. Thank you!
Great way to get my students moving around the classroom! Thank you!
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