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.<\/p>\n
We have been doing something a little different, which we haven’t done before. \u00a0We haven’t been using the textbook so much the last few days because we are doing something called a DBQ (document based questions). \u00a0Here is their packet (which each have been given) for the dbq:<\/p>\n
The Silk Road packet DBQ<\/a><\/p>\n Students were to create a profile of someone who would be traveling over a year on the silk road. \u00a0They chose a name, age, job, etc. \u00a0As we go through our journey we will analyze documents and record thoughts into a journal. \u00a0The journals must be written on a loose leaf sheet of paper (5 journal entries total).<\/p>\n Here are the documents we will analyze (we have only done documents A and B so far):<\/p>\n documents a-e silk road<\/a><\/p>\n Here are some examples of a profile and journal entries for the DBQ:<\/p>\n examples-profile and journals<\/a><\/p>\n SO FAR, students need to have done their profile, background essay questions answered, documents A-B answered, and journal entry #1 written.<\/p>\n Any question please feel free to email me.<\/p>\n Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. \u00a0We haven’t been using the textbook so much … Continue reading