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Discover Marco Polo | History eBook

Discover Marco Polo | History eBook preview
Discover Marco Polo | History eBook preview
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Look Inside · 10 pages

History eBook introduction explaining the “stop, think, connect” icons used throughout the Marco Polo reading
Introduction to the book and its reading icons
Opening biography page linking the Marco Polo swimming game to a story about voyagers lost on his return trip
Biography opening: the swimming game connection
Biography page covering Marco’s childhood in Venice and his father and uncle’s meeting with Kublai Khan
Early life and the family’s first trip to Asia
Biography page tracing Marco’s camel journey through the Gobi Desert and seventeen years at Khan’s palace
Journey to Asia and life at Khan’s palace
Biography page recounting the Polos’ difficult sea voyage home and Marco’s prison stories becoming a book
Return voyage and the writing of Marco’s book
Biography page explaining what Europeans learned from Marco’s book and describing his later family life
The book’s subjects and Marco’s life in Venice
History reading page explaining the Silk Roads and the goods, ideas, and religions shared along these routes
Silk Roads trade and cultural exchange
Legacy reading page describing Marco’s influence on Columbus and mapmaking, plus things named after him
Marco’s influence and namesakes
Closing reading page on Marco’s lasting legacy, asking readers, “How will you make your mark on this world?”
Final reading page and reflection question
History eBook glossary defining astronomy, civilizations, jade, Kublai Kahn, merchants, porcelain, and rhetoric
Glossary of seven terms from the reading
Attributes
Subject

Social Studies, History, History: World

Grades

Grade 3, 4, 5, 6

Types
File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Anyone Can Learn
Rating
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About This Product

This resource is a history eBook for Marco Polo. This eBook is filled with facts for students to learn about the life and accomplishments of Marco Polo.

What's Included

1 PDF with 12 ready to print or display pages

Resource Tags

history ebook Italy world history merchants Marco Polo

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