Compose Rose Lesson

In studying Columbus and his voyage of 1492 we know he did not want to sail  east,going around Africa to get to China and the Indes. That was the way everyone had sailed before him.  Columbus sailed west, which would have worked if he did not bump into North and South America.

Refer to the Map below to review and compare Columbus’ route west with traditional route traveled east.

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Click on the Compass rose to watch as short movie on directions and cardinal directions. compassrose.jpg

After you watch the movies print out the blank compass rose and see if you can put in the correct directions.

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6 Responses to “Compose Rose Lesson”

  1. this will help me alot thank you ppl

    josh said this on September 2, 2008 at 6:40 pm

  2. wow- thanks :) i don’t know if this is a school website or what, but i’m a student in San Diego and it helped me a lot.

    Kat said this on September 17, 2008 at 10:28 pm

  3. Good website. It explains cardinal and intermediate directions well.

    Piaggio

    Anonymous said this on October 28, 2008 at 11:38 pm

  4. oh my goodness; this is a great website. It explains everything really well, and i had no idea on what this compass rose thing really was. Thanks so much!

    Courtneey <3

    Courtneey said this on March 2, 2009 at 9:08 pm

  5. Thanks alot! this is exactly what i needed! -jacksonville, florida

    ASHLEY said this on October 7, 2009 at 5:47 pm

  6. Thanks you realy helped me on my project!!! Aka I used the picture.

    Jocelyn said this on November 9, 2009 at 9:25 pm

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