1. Journey on the Silk Road!

2. Warm UP • Where does your shirt come from?
• How do you think your shirt made its way to you? What are all the stages in its journey?
• What is globalization? Where have you heard that before? What does it mean?
• How long has globalization existed?
• Imagine you are living 1,000 years ago. If you wanted a shirt from [Vietnam], how could you get it?

3. Silk roads trade game rules
Each of you should have a game card. If you do not, you are Marco Polo, and you need an observer sheet.
You may not initiate trade unless you have a MERCHANT card.
A merchant card must be part of each trade.

4. Mini Webquest
Using this website, answer the questions below. Using the online exhibition:
How was the Silk Road discovered?
• What was the Maritime Silk Road?
• Who were the people on the Silk Road?
• How do social scientists today know about the Silk Road?
• What was traded on the Silk Road?

5. Discussion Is the Silk Road an example of globalization? Explain.
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