Lesson plan

Measuring the Travels of Two Adventurers: Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta

GeoHistory GeoSTEM

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about two medieval explorers: the Venetian, Marco Polo, and the Moroccan, Ibn Battuta; and how their travels affected Asian trade and migration. Students will use maps of their travels to compare and convert distances covered by Polo and Battuta.

Duration

1-2 class periods

Author

Cheryl

Wiens

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past

Teacher Instructions

WiensMeasuringT.pdf (125.67 KB)

Student Materials

WiensMeasuringS.pdf (537.11 KB)

Ibn_Battuta_Route.pdf (790.36 KB)

Marco_Polo_Route.pdf (587.92 KB)