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Sept. 30/Oct. 1: The Silk Road Webquest

9/30/2019

Before we get started on looking at the 'Silk Road'...

You do not need to take notes on this video but please watch while practicing the skills of thinking like a historian:
After the video, discuss within your group the following questions:

What questions does this video raise for you?
What do you find interesting about what he says?
What do you wonder about? What do you question?

Silk Road Group Webquest

TASK:

Click on the link below to the Summative Research Packet for the Silk Road. Copy/Paste the research table(s) into your Unit 1 Research Portfolio.
One person in the table group, create a Padlet. Share the Padlet (with editing permission) with the rest of your group. Your group will share ideas and information you have about the Silk Road on this Padlet.
Follow the steps below for the Silk Road Webquest

HW: Silk Road
Individual SUMMATIVE Research

TASK:
Begin researching...use the list of sources to help you with your research. Take notes from at least 1 source. Spend 30-45 minutes on this for homework.

Silk Road: List of Sources

Note: You must use at least 3 sources for the Silk Road-- at least 2 must be from the list below to your portfolio to MEET expectations. It is recommended that you LOOK at ALL of the sources before selecting the best to add to your portfolio. You may find any additional sources on your own after you have used at least 2 from below.

Source A: Marco Polo, description of Polo’s travels, The Travels of Marco Polo (excerpts), 2004
Source B: “Traveling the Silk Road” (excerpts), 2009
Source C: “The Great Silk Road”
Source D: Suleiman, description of Suleiman’s 851 C.E. travel through India and China,
Source E: Richard Kurin, description of the role, value, and uses of silk, “Silk Road: Connecting People and Cultures” (excerpts), Smithsonian Institute, 2002.
Source F: Friar John of Monte Corvino, historical letter, Letter to the West (excerpts), 1305
Source G: John Major, description of impact, “Silk Road: Spreading Ideas and Innovations” [excerpt], Asia Society, 2015.
Source H: Valerie Hansen, description of the legacy of the Silk Road, “The Legacy of the Silk Road” (excerpt), Yale Global Online, 2013.
Source I: Warwick Ball, historian’s essay on the Silk Road, “Following the Mythical Road”(excerpts), Geographical (Campion Interactive Publishing), 1998
Source J: Alfred Andrea, historian’s essay on the Silk Road, “The Silk Road in World History: A Review Essay” (excerpts), Asian Review of World Histories, 2014
Source K: The first Silk Roads (Big History Project)
Source L: Lost on the Silk Road (Big History Project)
Source M: Silk Road (interactive maps)

Sept. 26/27: Finalize Formative Research Portfolio for Ancient Civilization

9/26/2019

Today's class will focus on finalizing your research portfolio so that you can receive feedback on your research methods and research note-taking skills.

Your ancient civilizations table of notes + summary + bibliography (within your Unit 1 research portfolio) is due by the end of today's class.

Your formative work should include the following completed by the end of class today:

You should have 3-5 sources. Sources can include some sources I've provided and/or sources you've found on your own.
Research notes should include "evidence" notes from each source as well as "QCI" notes (your ideas, questions, etc.) for each of your sources.
"Evidence" can and should be varied and include: facts (names, dates, statistics), general background information, quotations from the source, images (maps, data charts, photos, drawings, etc.)
Notes should be organized in a manner that makes it easy for you to go back and find details needed for historical explanations. Your notes should have some degree of organization (categorized with subheadings, etc.)
"evidence" and "QCI" notes should both relate to and reflect the details needed to answer your supporting research questions. Be sure you have been taking notes and recording your own ideas that help you answer your research question(s). To do otherwise is off-topic and not demonstrating effective research skills.

You will receive a formative score and receive feedback on the strengths and areas to work on improvement.

Keep in mind that your research notes will eventually be assessed summatively (summative research portfolio due date is Oct. 4 for A Blocks and Oct. 7 for B Blocks)

Based on formative feedback received, students should revise and improve any notes in this table prior to submitting them summatively.

Any work that was "incomplete" or below the "meets" standard in the formative assessment should be improved by the summative due date.

Familiarize yourself with The Silk Road:

Silk Road Documents Packet

HW: Make a slide & prepare a 1-minute explanation of your topic of your civilization

Template for Group Presentation (one member of your group will need to make a copy and share with the rest of you)
Google Form Link for Students to Submit Group Presentations

This is a formative. It is primarily just an opportunity for you to practice providing a historical explanation -- you will not receive a lot of specific feedback (I will be assessing this in real time during your 1 minute of speech) so you will most likely only see words underlined or a check mark indicating the level of the standard that your historical explanation represents.

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Sept. 30/Oct. 1: The Silk Road Webquest

Before we get started on looking at the 'Silk Road'...

Silk Road Group Webquest

HW: Silk Road
Individual SUMMATIVE Research

Silk Road: List of Sources

Sept. 26/27: Finalize Formative Research Portfolio for Ancient Civilization

Sept. 24/25: Socratic Discussions on Early Civilizations

Sept. 20/23: Civs. Group Presentations Today

Sept.18/19: Continue Research of Ancient Civs

HW: Make a slide & prepare a 1-minute explanation of your topic of your civilization

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Sept. 30/Oct. 1: The Silk Road Webquest

Before we get started on looking at the 'Silk Road'...

Silk Road Group Webquest

HW: Silk Road ​Individual SUMMATIVE Research

Silk Road: List of Sources

Sept. 26/27: Finalize Formative Research Portfolio for Ancient Civilization

Sept. 24/25: Socratic Discussions on Early Civilizations

Sept. 20/23: Civs. Group Presentations Today

Sept.18/19: Continue Research of Ancient Civs

HW: Make a slide & prepare a 1-minute explanation of your topic of your civilization

Mrs. Stewart's Course

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HW: Silk Road
Individual SUMMATIVE Research