R. Tracing Tea & Silk Road

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Introduction:

The Silk Road, the 19th-century term used to refer to an ancient network of routes that connected East to West starting as early as 300 B.C.E. The Silk Road served as a highway that facilitated the exchange of products and ideologies. Stretching from the Mediterranean region in the West to the heart of China in the East, the 4,000-mile trade route was traveled by caravans, pilgrims, conquerors, armies, and missionaries for 1,500 years.

Today people are traveling these old trade routes, learning about the different cultures through tracing tea. We will be following their journey.

Project Introduction:

This is a project that is meant to introduce students to a wide variety of cultures and daily life of people along the historic Silk Road through the eyes of teens from other countries and cultures. Using video, audio and written interviews through the Tracing Tea project (http://tracingtea.com/) students collect and utilize information about teens and then create presentations in a variety of multimedia forms that compare/contrast their answers to the shared questions and experiences.

Web Pages:

My Project http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=13227

Tracing Tea Website  http://www.tracingtea.com/

Project Overview and Details:

Country/Region Report:

You alone or with your partner will be creating a multimedia project describing and illustrating the tracing tea route and story.  This project involves little homework, lots of points and lots of class and lunch time work. If you have a computer at home some of the work can be done at home or before and/or after school.

Types of Projects:

Extra Credit Projects-These may only be done if you do a required project

Components of the Project:             &         Due dates:

Requirements & elements of your projects:

Research:

Breakdown of Projects

Project Rubrics

Extra Credit Projects-These may only be done if you do a required project

Tracing Tea Information & Articles

Timelines

Research Form      PDF form

Storyboard Form    PDF form

Peer Edit Form         PDF form

Game Elements to Consider

Scratch Tutorial Websites

Music credits

Tracing Tea Resources

Research websites

Tea & silk road

http://www.cpamedia.com

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/16/travel/trdar.php

Darjeeling Tea

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/16/travel/trdar.phpDarjeeling tea

Samarkand rugs

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sairamtour.com/news/gems/06_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sairamtour.com/news/gems/06.html&usg=__1uTY1SxBQqXPy7RsIS9URCQ-X2Y=&h=284&w=333&sz=20&hl=en&start=65&sig2=nHcv4MDDQgBVPoxPDLDawQ&um=1&tbnid=8wwbmW8aTR3LkM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=119&ei=v8tgSdj2B4uksAPg4_2RDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsilk%2Broad%2Bcaravan%26start%3D60%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

Games

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.defenseonlinegames.com/files/imagecache/thumb_320x240/defenseonlinegames/thumb/Tradewinds_Caravans_thumb.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.defenseonlinegames.com/online-game/strategy/tradewinds-caravans.html&usg=__afT829EMUUWWrdUf8mYu9KM_rWQ=&h=200&w=200&sz=17&hl=en&start=78&sig2=186toJPtts_hIhd7H-HXog&um=1&tbnid=P_SYBXNFX9GKZM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=104&ei=v8tgSdj2B4uksAPg4_2RDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsilk%2Broad%2Bcaravan%26start%3D60%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

China country website

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUfAOfoZ9pY

Tea road you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QETgCYRw2q0&feature=related