Unit 3: Global Exchange LESSON 2 Travel Along the Silk Road
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Lesson Overview

Consider how individuals would have traveled along the Silk Road, including the kinds of objects and ideas they brought with them

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students 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

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