The Silk Road

[Anonymous]

Great maps and easy to guide yourself through this website. I loved the explanation of the silk process. Students often ask about this process and this would be a good website to direct them to or gather materials for a presentation.
edited by jsheehan on 7/31/2012

[Anonymous]

thanks so much for the websites. interesting and something the students can possibly do a research project on.

[Anonymous]

Thanks toni, I will be using this in my classroom

[Anonymous]

As a part of AP World History, I feel that my coverage of the Silk Road has been lacking. So I took a look at the "www.silk-road.com" web site to check it out. It looks like a terrific source of information for lessons. I cover the Indian Ocean trading (pre-European) pretty well and the Silk Road may pre-date the maritime trade, but it was the largest most dominant overland route for centuries dating back to Han-Roman times.
One map I found is excellent for xeroxing, and a second map linked the places where the maritime trade meet with the land routes, all of which fed into the Silk Road based network. This web site also has maps of Marco Polo's route, plus travel routes of Xuanzang although he went to India from China. The Arab Caliphate map also shows major portions of the Silk Road, along with the link between the Buddhism and how it entered China in late Han times.
And lastly this web site featured a page about a fellow named Sven Hadin who did some exploring of the Silk Road in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. I will use several of these visuals for my lessons on the classical and medieval era trade, along with the study of pastoral peoples, many of which dominated the areas along the silk road. Thanks for the terrific resource.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the website. I teach 6th grade ancient civilizations and there is a chapter in the textbook which covers the Silk Road, but it lacks clarity and oftentimes the students read the information yet they don't get a clear understanding of the significance of the Silk Road and how it relates to trade. This website is great for the students and the teachers to explore to gain a greater understanding of the Silk Road and its significance.
edited by nfreeman on 11/23/2012

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I found a very good website about The Silk Road that is sponsored by The Silk Road Foundation. The web address is: http://www.silk-road.com
This website contains everything you'd want to know about The Silk Road. It is extremely easy to use. The Navigation buttons along the left-hand side of the site are clearly labeled. For Teachers there are abstracts of articles. Or, articles are listed by journals, or by topics. Some of the topics are: Asia Major, Asia Minor, and Indo-European studies. The only complaint is that there were notifications of seminars for teachers, but they were outdated. As for the students, they would easily be able to find their way around this website. So, when teaching about the Silk Road, the students can be put in pairs or groups and they can click on the tab which lists, chronologically, all of the travelers on the Silk Road. There is good information about Buddhism and how it was spread by the Silk Road. There are good maps of the Silk Road, China, Mongolia, etc. There is even a tab for a Journal section. The Journals contain articles about different topics, for instance - Korea and the Silk Road.
This is an excellent website which helps disseminate information about The Silk Road to students. It gives them, as well, as the teacher, a lot of different resources. And you can let the students loose on the site to discover all kinds of information about this time in history. I give this site two thumbs - way up!

[Anonymous]

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. I teach sixth grade social studies and will be starting my ancient China unit in February. This will definitely be a great resource for them to explore and gain a greater insight of the Silk Road. The Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena also has a whole room dedicated to the Silk Road; it's pretty cool!

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