In this post about the geography of ancient China, we explore the lay of the land, as described by Marco Polo, using our paper mache map: Please note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases made from links on this website. Marco Polo and his route to Cathay Today, in The Travels of Marco…
Category: Explorer Study: Marco Polo
The Travels of Marco Polo {Homeschool Lesson}
In this latest homeschool history lesson, we will be focusing on the travels of Marco Polo from Venice in Europe to Ormus in Persia. The children dressed up and ready to go on their trip across Asia as Marco Polo Discover all the fun things you can include in a Marco Polo Adventure Box Venice…
Marco Polo and the Silk Road
This week was all about preparing for our trip across the silk road. Yes, I know, week three and we haven't even left Venice yet! I did say it was taking us a little longer than anticipated! This week we will be learning about Marco Polo and the Silk Road. Marco Polo and the Silk…
Marco Polo and the Mongolians
This week we have taken an unplanned detour. We neglected to cover the Mongolians during our ancient history studies and I wondered where it might naturally fit in. Marco Polo and the Mongolians is the answer! As we are reading Polo's memoirs the 'Tartars' are the one people we have no knowledge of. They played such…
Who is Marco Polo? {Medieval Explorer}
It seems Marco Polo will be taking us longer than first thought (ahem, how very unusual for us!). His travels are a much larger, not to mention interesting, subject than I first thought. Fortunately, the freedom of home-school allows us to chop and change as often as we like, so I'm just going with it!…
Marco Polo Adventure Box
Yesterday I shared the resources I'm using for the Ancient China part of our adventure box. The resources shown here will make up the Marco Polo Adventure Box. We will be studying these in tandem, so the resources here may not look like much but together with the Ancient China resources, there's loads! Marco Polo…
Ancient China Adventure Box
We start every unit study as homeschoolers with an adventure box. This post uncovers everything in our Ancient China Adventure Box. We will be doing our Ancient China unit in tandem with a Marco Polo unit, and I will be chatting about the Marco Polo adventure box in my next post. Yes, my children are…