Establish objectives for your lesson such as understanding exploration and learning about Native Americans.
Create a comprehensive lesson schedule that emphasizes not only history but geography, reading comprehension and math.
Ask your student to describe a new location by drawing a picture and using descriptive words. Emphasize the lack of film, television and phones to reinforce historical differences.
Engage your student by asking questions such as how your student would prepare for Columbus' voyage, what supplies would be necessary and what possessions your student would trade with the inhabitants of a discovered country.
Review important ideas and improve reading comprehension with a word search exercise.