Teacher Notes
[This page is under construction.]
Welcome to the Ibn Battuta Virtual Tour. I hope
that you and your students will enjoy learning about history through
this format.
How can it be used?
- Individual Learning - Some students will enjoy going along at their own
pace and following Ibn Battuta's adventures. You might just
schedule a brief conference with the students who complete the
lesson in this way.
- Oral Presentations In
groups of two or three - students could
read just one chapter and report their findings to the entire
class. This technique is called a "jigsaw" - the whole is covered
by partners or small groups.
- If students are asked to report on a
chapter, the following structure may be helpful: (A framework
for students)
- On a large map, be prepared to show the
class where Ibn Battuta went
- Determine the distance he traveled by
using the legend/scale of miles.
- Tell the class how long this part of the
trip took.
- Identify some of the important places
and people that he saw.
- Identify any adventures that he had.
What excitement or dangers did he face? What did he do in
those places? Why did he go there?
- Be prepared to tell how he traveled:
- What types of transportation did he
use?
- What did he eat?
- Where did he stay?
- Other details, if given: like how did
he bathe, etc.
- Look for important themes for
history:
- What does his story tell us about
history, for example does it tell us about slavery,
women's rights, politics, society, religion?
- What is your group's personal reaction
to Ibn Battuta or some of the other people that he met? (Do
you think you would like him or the other people he met?
Why or why not? Do you think you could have been one of his
traveling companions?)
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- A Board Game
- Students will enjoy playing and preparing
this game.
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- Look at the list of activities on the
Student
Activity Page and see which are
appropriate for your classes.
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- Return to the Introduction