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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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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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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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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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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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EL Education

El Education: A Buccaneer's Guide to the Age of Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Buccaneer's Guide to the Age of Exploration depicts European world-wide exploration and exploitation through a collage-style book of text, hand-drawn and water-colored illustrations, maps, timelines, and diagrams. The book chronicles...
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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.