Sharing Beliefs and Ideas

Learners examine the religions that developed along the Silk Road. In this compare and contrast lesson, students visit various stations within the classroom to learn about the Silk Road and the two religions that developed. Using a...

Students examine how goods and ideas moved along an ancient trade route between China and Europe. They make charts of items, ideas, etc. that were transported along the Silk Route.

Learners examine cultural diffusion. In this Silk Road lesson, learners research primary sources to compare and contrast the religious beliefs encountered and shared by those who traded along the Silk Road route.

Talk about rabbit holes! With just this one resource, learners can travel the Silk Road listening to fables, meet a scientist who studies poisons (and whose favorite book is Alice in Wonderland), and listen to a video interview of an...

Students determine how the geographic features of the Silk Road trade route contributed to the economic development and diffusion of culture in both Eastern and Western Civilizations.

Young explorers may not be able to travel the Silk Road but they can listen to music that was played on instruments of the time and create their own songs with the help of an interesting interactive resource. 

Introduce learners to The Silk Road, the first world-wide web. The narrator of this short, animated video traces the pioneers of globalization and the impact they had on culture and economy. The Scythians, Darius the First, and Alexander...

Ninth graders examine the travels of the Silk road.  In this Ancient China lesson, 9th graders analyze slides of artifacts as cultural and social representations of the Silk Road civilizations.  Students create a word map and creative...

Part two of this six-part series focuses on not only what India produces, but what it imports as well. Discover how the Kushans pushed through the Middle East, India, and China and help spread Indian culture and Buddhism throughout the...

Drama unfolds in India relating the story of the gods, changes in culture, and the overthrowing of a wicked tyrant. Part six concludes this series on trade in India with the spread of Buddhism and the fall of the Kushon emperor Kanishka.