Silk Road simulation Middle Ages Unit
This engaging simulation in barter and trade explores the challenges in trading on the Silk Road during the Middle Ages
In this student-tested and approved hands-on trade simulation, students “travel” with Marco Polo on the Silk Road to Kashgar. Students take on the role of traders to explore the challenges of barter by exchanging goods on the Silk Road. Students practice non-verbal skills because of language barriers, a very real situation for many students. Students determine the economy i.e. they decide which goods are more valuable than others by determining trade prices.
This detailed resource includes:
● Student handouts for launching a trade simulation
● 1 Complete teacher’s guide for teaching the trade simulation
● Full list of resources on teaching Marco Polo and the Silk Road
● References to additional lessons on the Silk Road to enhance the overall trade simulation
● PDF and slide versions of the above included in the zip file you will receive
SAVE as part of the World History Middle School Resource Bundle
MUST Have Medieval Europe Resources Include:
♥The Middle Ages Slides and Notes
♥The Middle Ages Heraldry Station Activity
♥The Middle Ages Interactive Notebook Pages
♥On the Silk Road Shadow Puppets from Indonesia Collaborative Activity
What teachers say about the Silk Road Simulation:
We LOVED this activity! The kids were so engaged in both the activity and the discussions after the actual trading was finished!
This was really fun!! Instead of just giving the students the goods, I stapled envelopes around the room with the cities name on it. They had to travel to a new country then back home before venturing out to a different city. If they met up with travelers in kashgar, they could barter and trade. We had a lot of fun.
LOVE THIS!! I combined this idea along with GATE prompts in a lesson plan for my principal's observation and for completion of BTSA. Everyone loved it and the students had a great time and learned a TON! Thanks for the help!!! A keeper for every year!!
We had so much fun with this! Thanks!
Very helpful and huge time saver
This purchase is for one teacher only. This resource is not to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are interested in a site license, please contact me for a quote. This resource may not be uploaded to the internet to be shared beyond your classroom.
