TOP TEN. Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 by James Rumford. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. ISBN 0-618-08366-9
Annotation: Weaving English and Arabic text, illustration and maps, and flexible design together, Rumford retells the exciting life travels of Moroccan Ibn Battuta that takes readers on an extraordinary Eastern journey.
Media: Watercolor and pencils.
Rating: 5Q/5P.
Curricular connections: History/Social Studies, World Culture, Biographies/Autobiographies.
School level: Middle school or junior high, High school.
NP 07/17/09
Traveling Man : The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 by James Rumford, ill. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Known as "the traveler of his age", Ibn Battuta spent 29 years traveling the known world of the 14th Century, from Morocco to the coast of China and many points between.
- ISBN: 978-0618432332 (paperback)
- Media: Arabic and Chinese calligraphy, illuminated maps, and watercolor
- Rating: 4Q/4P
- Curricular Connections: Grades 7-9, History/Social Studies, Biography, World Culture
DPower 7/17/09
TOP TEN
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354 by James Rumford. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
ISBN: 0618083669
Media: Arabic and Chinese calligraphy, illuminated maps, and watercolor
Q/P: 5/5
SOPHISTICATED LANGUAGE: The opening paragraphs uses color, sense imagery, and alliteration to create a hypnotic rhythm: “On hot afternoons, in an imaginary boat, he would cross cool, peacock-colored seas to the eastern edge of the earth and sail fearlessly into the Ocean of Ignorance”. Rather than using a standard geographic location, Rumford uses phrases like “Ocean of Darkness” to symbolize unexplored regions of Batttuta’s world.
CURRICULUM CONNECTION: 5TH -8TH grade for world history and language arts.
BOOK TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYqszX4mtao
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Lesson Plan Title:
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Plan Your Own Journey
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Grade Level
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Seventh
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Subject
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Language Arts Class
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Topic/Theme addressed:
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Travel and connecting ideas in an expository essay.
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Student Learning Outcomes:
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Learn more about different cultures/geographic regions
Connect ideas through explanations and reasoning.
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CA Academic Standards Addressed:
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WRITING 1.0 Writing Strategies
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Required Materials:
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4 picture books on travel, paper, collage materials, and markers. Possible trip to the library.
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Lead-In Activity:
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Read Traveling Man by James Rumford; How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz; Erika-San by Allen Say; and Uncommon Traveler by Don Brown.
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Step 1: Gather Ideas
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- Think about the stories we have read about real people who left their home to visit far-off places.
- Are you like Ibn Battuta or Uri want to visit many places, or are you like Erica or Mary Kingsley who both become fixated on going to one place?
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Step 2: Research
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- Research the different locations using print and online sources.
- Find out what you would need to know to travel effectively in those cultures.
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Step 3: Essay Assignment
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- Write an exposition paper about what journey you would plan for yourself and why?
- In your thesis/topic sentence, explain why you want to go to these locations, and how are these locations connected?
- For example, to find connections, you can choose places with famous nature sites, sites related to one historical event, or cities that feature types of art or architecture. Or, re-trace of a famous explorer.
- Your research on these different locations will go into your essay and the complete source will be on the last page, called the bibliography.
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Step 4: Present Ideas to the Class
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- Give a 3-5 minute presentation on the places you will go and what a traveler should know about these locations.
- Design a poster or a brochure highlighting your trip.
- Convince your classmates to take your journey with you.
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FBoggs 07/09
FBoggs 07/09
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