The last few days in class students have been learning about the Silk Road, a vast network of trade routes that spanned from the Roman empire in Europe to the Han Empire in China.
We have been doing something a little different, which we haven’t done before. We haven’t been using the textbook so much the last few days because we are doing something called a DBQ (document based questions). Here is their packet (which each have been given) for the dbq:
Students were to create a profile of someone who would be traveling over a year on the silk road. They chose a name, age, job, etc. As we go through our journey we will analyze documents and record thoughts into a journal. The journals must be written on a loose leaf sheet of paper (5 journal entries total).
Here are the documents we will analyze (we have only done documents A and B so far):
Here are some examples of a profile and journal entries for the DBQ:
SO FAR, students need to have done their profile, background essay questions answered, documents A-B answered, and journal entry #1 written.
Any question please feel free to email me.
Thank you