October Fourth, 2016

I feel as if Earth Team has now got a much firmer grip on the project in the days following the meeting with Professors in which we decided to go a different direction, the direction of the famous travellers of the Silk Road. I am very happy to be studying Marco Polo and his life in the more honest realistic sense rather than on a television show or movie. The act of studying him is actually very involving and rewarding. Having been in attendance at betty place lab a few days ago, I saw Tierney show us all how to work with and utilize special tools of both storyline JS and timeline JS, which was really helpful as it gives me a sense of what the timeline (which earth group has decided on) looks and feels like, which always makes a project easier.

Fall Break is coming up and I am excited to return from it and begin to learn more about the Mongols, especially with my focus on Marco Polo, any information I can receive about his time with the Mongol Court, his relationship with Kublai Khan, or his activities for the Khan, I would be happy to hear it.