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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Explorers 2: Marco Polo

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery person, Marco Polo.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Marco Polo Takes a Trip

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Marco Polo Takes A Trip." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Interactive
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the travels of Marco Polo.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Biography: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this website, investigate the explorer Marco Polo. Learn about his journeys to China to meet emperor Kublai Khan.
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Handout
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 7th
Find out about the life of an explorer in this brief biography regarding an Italian voyager and merchant, Marco Polo.
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Handout
Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: Marco Polo Travels in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Good overview of Marco Polo and his travels in China.
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Handout
Other

Elizabethan Era: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the important events in the life of Italian Explorer, Marco Polo.
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Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Kublai Khan in Battle, 1287

For Students 9th - 10th
This article utilizes the descriptions of Marco Polo to highlight a battle between the great Khan and a rival.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Marco Polo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Marco Polo
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Graphic
Curated OER

Marco Polo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Marco Polo.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Marco Polo

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Marco Polo
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Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Marco Polo."
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Article
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Travel, Trade and Exploration in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Medieval Europeans were fascinated by the lands that lay beyond their own continent. This article looks at the real and imaginary travels of explorers and tradesmen through works including The Book of John Mandeville, The Travels of...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: World Travelers

For Students 9th - 10th
Pretend you are Marco Polo, a world traveler, in this activity! Read passages from Marco Polo's writings about what he observed in China and answer the questions in the activity.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Exploring Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a lesson activity which is written to engage visual and kinesthetic learners in their study on explorers: Leif Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, Erik the Red, Vasco Da Gama, John Cabot, Marco Polo, and Ferdinand Magellan.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: An Age of Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
A website detailing the biographies of Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng Hehis. Learn about their inspiration for their voyages here.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Age of Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the adventures of Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Zheng He on this site. Compare their journeys with charts and maps that are found here.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Explorers

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about the adventures of famous explorers including Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark, Marco Polo, Sir Edmund Hillary and Ferdinand Magellan
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo

For Students 9th - 10th
An explorer or Eastern countries
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo

For Students 9th - 10th
(1254-1324) A famous Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk Road to China.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo

For Students 9th - 10th
A Christian merchant who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.
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Handout
Other

Saudi Aramco World: The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated article considers the travels of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century Islamic adventurer, who, like Marco Polo, wrote a famous narrative of his journeys, which stretched from Tangier to China.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sound for Sight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent lesson plan, students learn basic concepts of echolocation. They...
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Website
Other

The China Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Travel to China and take a virtual tour of Beijing. Visit places of interest such as the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Jingshan Park and the Marco Polo Bridge. Learn how to say numbers, money and short sentences in Chinese.

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