Silk Road Tic-Tac-Toe
You are a stationary trader
along any part of the Silk
Road of your choice. Create
online and print out an
advertisement brochure to
attract other traders to your
country. Emphasize the
goods you have that they
could only find in your
homeland store.
Write a persuasive essay
about the commodities,
ideas, and technologies that
were shared between the
West and East countries.
Which countries benefited the
most from this trade?
Create a PowerPoint
presentation which will
explain at least 3 of the items
that the East traded with the
West and their importance.
Present it to the class.
Write a fictional story about
living in the US without any of
the commodities given by
trading with the East. The
story should be about two
pages long. Try to think about
excluding the technologies
we would not have today
because of not having the
materials from the trade
routes.
Working with a partner, use a
single computer to go onto
Scribblemaps and recreate
the Silk Road route. Only
draw the land route, ending
where it becomes a sea route
in the Mediterranean. Along
the way, put pins to signify
the country (if not shown on
the map you choose) and
goods they may have traded.
Imagine you are a trader
writing a letter home to family
members right after reaching
your destination along the
Silk Road. Write a two-page
long letter about your perilous
journey over to where you are
now. Be sure to include what
you plan to sell, and what you
plan to buy before returning
home.
Create an online Venn
Diagram to compare and
contrast the commodities,
dangers, and ideals traded
between the West and East
countries.
You are a trader who trades
along the Silk Road regularly.
Write two pages worth of
journal entries that
showcases the life of a
trader. Be sure to write about
the commodities being
traded, dangers you may
face, and the new ideas and
locations that are not like
your home country.
Create a set of twelve
vocabulary terms about the
Silk Road. Be sure to include
the term, a definition, and
finally a picture providing a
visual representation.