Today’s Walking Classroom podcast discusses the adventures of the famous 13th-century Italian explorer, Marco Polo. He is famous for traveling to the Far East and working for the Great Kublai Khan in what is now called China. The book he wrote about his travels still captures our imagination, but many believe the stories may be an exaggeration.
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
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Marco Polo Slide Deck
Explains the Silk Road and its importance in world history.
Presents an overview of the life and times of adventurer and merchant, Marco Polo.
Explore various sites along the Silk Road, on which Marco Polo travelled.
Explore different parts of Marco Polo’s route (Activity 5) in this activity from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Make a mural or timeline (Activity 1) about different parts of Marco Polo’s life in this project from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Learn more about the travels of Marco Polo, and create a journal entry as if you were an explorer like him in this abcteach.com activity.
Describe, in words or pictures (Activity 2), some of the most unusual parts of Marco Polo’s travels using this activity from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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