Lesson Overview
Consider how individuals would have traveled along the Silk Road, including the kinds of objects and ideas they brought with them
LEARNING OBJECTIVESStudents will:
- Learn about travel along the Silk Road, considering the different kinds of people who traveled and their reasons for making the journey
- Discuss the ways that travelers from different cultures can share ideas with one another, leading to cultural diffusion, or the spread of different cultural ideas
- Design and construct an object for travel that communicates ideas about the culture of the maker and the owner
WORKSHEETS AND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
