Mongols - Imperial China - Marco Polo

Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World by Nick McCarty

Discussion:
Working for Kubla Khan
Travels through Southeast Asia
Going home

Activity:
History journal
Map study - tracing Marco's route

Marco Polo - The Silk Road

Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road by Priscilla Galloway with Dawn Hunter

Discussion:
Mongol improvements to safety, infrastructure
Life in a caravan
Deserts, mountains, cities

Activity:
History journal
Map study
Picture study

Marco Polo - Journey to the East

Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World by Nick McCarty

Discussion:
Leg 1: Venice to Hormuz
Length of journey - time it will take
Traveling on boat and in desert caravans

Activity:
History journal
Picture study
Map study

Medieval Europe - Marco Polo - Childhood and Early Travels

Marco Polo: The Boy Who Traveled the Medieval World by Nick McCarty

Discussion:
Marco Polo grows up in Venice
Marco's father and uncle travel throughout Asia and the Middle East
Why travel took so long back then

Activity:
History journal
Blank map of Europe and Asia (need to print it full size or this is pointless) - mark important stops on Niccolo and Maffeo's trip, and their route from Venice to Mongolia and back; learn/review important regions, rivers, and mountains in northern Asia and the Middle East