Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Zheng He are some of the most important travellers of all times
but... who is the greatest one? Would you like to find it out? Would you like to discover
their adventures? This is your oportunity!
In groups,
prepare a presentation (ppt or prezi) with the following 7 topics:
1. Short biographies: write a
short bio of each historical character (maximum: 10 lines per character). Add
also their portraits.
2. Why travelling? Explain
what was the main target of their travels. Bussiness? Holidays? Geographical
explorations? Militar conquest?
3. Routes: How old were them when they began
their journeys? How long did the journeys take? Who did the longest travel?
Which countries did they visit?
4. Primary sources: find
some texts from their original books. Choose one extract from it (In
your presentation you have to include the text, the chapter it belongs to and
the country it is talking about). Them explain why you have chosen that text in particular.
5. Deep study of the place: from the
text you have chosen in the previous section, do a deeper study of the area
nowadays: Are the cities mentioned on the text still existing? What does the
landscape look like nowadays in this area? What differences do you observe
between the original description and nowadays situation? You can add images and
photos.
6. Imagine you are a young explorer.
Use the Internet to research a country that you would like to visit. In a short
essay (maximum, 20 lines), describe the country, the people, and the sights you
will see in this country.
7. Opinion: after
studying these three historical characters, which one do you think that is the
greatest explorer? Why?
Here you
have some links to start:
Are you
ready? Go on... and good luck! J