Unit 3: The Silk Routes
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Cluster 1: The Silk Routes (Lessons 1-13)
What would a traveler or trader on the Silk Routes experience?
What were the most important goods and ideas that moved on the Silk Routes?
What happened over time to the Silk Road legacy of tolerance?
What would a traveler or trader on the Silk Routes experience?
What were the most important goods and ideas that moved on the Silk Routes?
What happened over time to the Silk Road legacy of tolerance?
Lesson 1: Exchange Across Asia – Timeline and Terms
Lesson 2: The Geographical Challenges of Silk Route Travel
Lesson 3: Cultural Diffusion along the Silk Routes
Lessons 4 & 5: Investigating Relevant Sources: Who and What Traveled on the Silk Routes?
Lesson 6: How Were the Maritime Silk Routes Different?
Lessons 7 & 8: Inquiry Cycle: Preparation for “Exchange at the Oases” Simulation
Lesson 9: Inquiry Cycle: Exchange at the Oases Simulation
Lesson 10: Inquiry Cycle: Simulation Debriefing and Writing an Argument
Lesson 11: The Legacy of Religious Tolerance in China
Lesson 12: The Silk Road Legacy Today: China and the Uighurs
Lesson 13: UN Sustainable Development Goal #16 and Responses to the Uighur Crisis
Please note: Given the short length of this unit, there is no formal summative assessment.
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