1. In each box on the following pages fill in the requested information.
(Complete this only after reviewing all the exhibits.)
Law and Order:
History Investigation Unit
INDICTMENT
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT MARCO POLO
_____________________________________ (did or did not)
VISIT CHINA IN THE 1200S.
WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:
(What stations prove your argument? What do they show?
Exhibit _____ shows ____________________
_____________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Agent: ____________________________
Period: ____________________________
In each box on the following pages fill in the requested information.
Exhibit A – Polo’s Will
Do you think Polo really received a golden tablet? Why?
Do you think Polo really had a Chinese servant? Why?
Do you think someone would ever lie in their final will? Why?
Exhibit B – Missing Pieces
Why might Polo have not written about the Great Wall?
Why might Polo have never had tea or used chopsticks?
Which thing shown here do you think Polo would have definitely written about if he actually saw it? Why?

2. Exhibit C – Annals of Yuan Shih Exhibit F – Page from Book
Does Marco Polo’s name appear on the list? If so, in which column and page did you find it?
What do you find most strange about Polo’s description of Angamanain?
Since we know dog-people don’t exist, what do you think Polo actually saw and was trying to describe?
Based on your answer to the question above does this lead you to believe Polo did or did not reach China?
Exhibit D – The Beijing Bridge
Exhibit G – Rusticello
Does the written description of the bridge mostly match what you see in the video? Explain.
What types of books does Rustichello write?
Do you think the beasts being described are real? Why or why not?
Does the amount of detail provided by Polo make you think he did or did not reach china?
If Rustichello was mostly a fiction writer how does that help Polo’s case?
Exhibit E – Oddities
Exhibit H – Polo Interrogation
Read Polo’s description of the Creature of Sumatra and sketch the creature described.
How does Polo explain his name not being in the records?
Why do you think Polo didn’t learn Chinese?
Do Polo’s answers make him sound honest? Why?
Historians believe this description is of a real animal, what animal is it?