Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Explorers 2: Marco Polo
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.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Marco Polo Takes a Trip
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Biography: Marco Polo
On this website, investigate the explorer Marco Polo. Learn about his journeys to China to meet emperor Kublai Khan.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Marco Polo
Find out about the life of an explorer in this brief biography regarding an Italian voyager and merchant, Marco Polo.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Marco Polo Travels in China
Good overview of Marco Polo and his travels in China.
Other
Elizabethan Era: Marco Polo
Read about the important events in the life of Italian Explorer, Marco Polo.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Kublai Khan in Battle, 1287
This article utilizes the descriptions of Marco Polo to highlight a battle between the great Khan and a rival.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Marco Polo
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Marco Polo."
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Travel, Trade and Exploration in the Middle Ages
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: World Travelers
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.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Exploring Explorers
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: An Age of Adventure
A website detailing the biographies of Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Zheng Hehis. Learn about their inspiration for their voyages here.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: An Age of Adventure
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography: Explorers
Learn about the adventures of famous explorers including Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark, Marco Polo, Sir Edmund Hillary and Ferdinand Magellan
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo
An explorer or Eastern countries
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo
(1254-1324) A famous Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk Road to China.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Marco Polo
A Christian merchant who introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China.
Other
Saudi Aramco World: The Longest Hajj: The Journeys of Ibn Battuta
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sound for Sight
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...
Other
The China Guide
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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