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

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:

1. 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.
2. ​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. 
3. 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)