Today’s Learning: What was the significance of Chinggis Khan and Kublai Khan?
Warm Up: Write a tweet from Marco Polo to Kublai Khan. In your tweet imagine Marco Polo would have said to Kublai Khan after Marco left China. You have a maximum of 140 characters (EACH space and punctuation mark is a space).
Class Work: Share your tweet with your assigned travel partner. Then volunteer to share with the class. Hand in.
Memorial discussion: What memorials have you seen? What do the memorials represent? In what ways do memorials convey their message?
- Gateway Memorial Arch
- Mount Rushmore
- Marine Corps (Iwo Jima) Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- 9/11 Memorial (Pentagon)
Mongol Memorial Assignment. Due Friday during class.
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