This guide is designed for teachers who wish to teach about Marco Polo and his travels to China during the 13th century. The guide was originally developed for use with a television series about Marco Polo; it can successfully be used independent of the series, however. A prologue gives the reader a basic introduction to what is known of the life of Marco Polo. The first part of the text provides the larger historical context for Polo's journey, from European, Mongol, and Chinese perspectives. The second part of the text divides Marco Polo's observations of China into four separate chapters organized around different topics. These topics are Kublai Khan; places and cities; people, culture, and technology; and conflicts within and without. An epilogue briefly describes what happened to East-West contact after Marco Polo. Six appendices provide a synopsis of the television mini-series, a cast of characters, a timeline, map, classroom exercises, and a 10-item bibliography. (DB)