This activity is a great and fun way for learners to remember more about what they learnt on Mapungubwe. For this activity students will take on the role of a traveler like Marco Polo. They can be taking the role of a trader, a general traveler or someone visiting a relative who lives in Mapungubwe. The will write a dairy of their stay in Mapungubwe. They should also draw what they see during their stay in Mapungubwe. [Ensure the students have a bibliography attached at the end of their diaries. Using Harvard method.] The students should write about at least 3 of the following areas: 1. The geography of the city of Mapungubwe. How does the city look like etc. 2. Trade practices – describe what was traded, with whom, using the river/ports used. 3. Describe the society – rich and poor 4. The history of the earliest settlers of Mapungubwe. For example: I was told by my brother that the very first citizens of Mapungubwe were here from 1000ad to 1300ad and were Stone Age settlers. 5. Attending a burial in the city. Both a rich and poor burial – artifacts that will be buried with the person and location of the burial. 6. Mapungubwe state – economy, king and queen. It was a global superpower because of trade and one of the state’s leading the first stages of globalization. 7. Importance of gold in Mapungubwe 8. Farming practices Give points for creativity – how descriptive they are and the amount of research they put into their diary. |