Message from ageisner

[Anonymous]

In regards to Marco Polo, I absolutely loved the way Professor Dube taught this to us! He first presented us with a brief overview of who he was and then continued to tell us of the debate amongst scholars over the validity of his travels. I felt I was much more engaged learning first about the voids and faults in his stories of the Orient and then hearing about the justifications for those voids! Then, to make his conclusion of his discussion on Marco Polo that much better Professor Dube states in more or less words, "Does it really matter whether he went or not? ...because his stories got others to go." Oh I was just blown away by that! I have been trying to think about what event in history I could duplicate this strategy with my students... and I am still thinking. If anyone has any ideas let me know!