Let’s Study Explorers- Marco Polo Part 3
by Belinda Mooney

So far in our Let’s Study Explorer Unit we have gathered the basics and started our notebooks. We started out by studying Marco Polo. Now we continue with :

Marco Polo Pt 3

Marco learned about many things he had never seen or heard of before while on these travels. He was amazed at the “black stones” the Chinese burnt for fuel. Europe had never heard of coal. Europe also did not have paper money at this time but the Chinese did. And while European monks and scribes were laboriously handwriting books the Chinese were printing theirs!

Add Cathay (China) to your map.Marco learned about many things he had never seen or heard of before while on these travels. He was amazed at the “black stones” the Chinese burnt for fuel. Europe had never heard of coal. Europe also did not have paper money at this time but the Chinese did. And while European monks and scribes were laboriously handwriting books the Chinese were printing theirs! Add Cathay (China) to your map. Fill out an information sheet on China.
Make a box kite. Kite flying is a favorite pastime in China.<
Add Kublai Khan do your timeline.
Do an information sheet on him.

Add Mongolia to your map and fill out an information sheet.

Mark the area on your map that was ruled by the Mongols when Marco Polo was there.

Have a feast in honor of Marco Polo and Kublai Khan.

To learn more about China study Admiral Zen He. He is next on our list.

If you missed the other parts find them here!
Marco Polo Pt 1
Marco Polo Pt 2
Marco Polo Pt 4

And if you missed the worksheets here they are!
Marco Polo worksheet 1
Marco Polo worksheet 2
Marco Polo Word Search

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