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. 

Concepts

remote learning, the silk road, drums, early music, music appreciation, world music, instruments, string instruments

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners share their songs on the class webpage or blog

Classroom Considerations

• The directions for playing the instruments and creating songs are inexact making the resource more appropriate for older learners

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• Listeners can isolate the sounds of the various instruments

Cons

• There is no button to turn the music off