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Neh: Edsit Ement: Marco Polo Takes a Trip Lesson PlanNeh: Edsit Ement: Marco Polo Takes a Trip Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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K - 1st
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Social Studies & History
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Marco Polo Takes a Trip

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After completing this 9-12 instructional activity unit, young scholars will be able to identify Marco Polo and understand why he took his trip to China and back. They will discover the challenges of traveling along the Silk Road while learning several interesting aspects of 13th century Chinese culture.

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Concepts

asia, marco polo

Additional Tags

exploration, 13th century chinese culture, silk road, the medieval world

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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