Online Resources
The Silk Road Project
In addition to organizing a series of live performances for the exhibition, this nonprofit group draws on the historic trading route as a metaphor for modern-day artistic, cultural, and educational exchange. Resources include lesson plans for grades 6 through 12, reading lists, maps, and Silk Road Ensemble albums.
- Traveling the Silk Road Exhibition Website
This "travel journal" for the exhibition traces the route from Xi'an to Baghdad, highlights featured content, and links to visitor information and resources.
- AnthropOLogy:
Students can find out big ideas about anthropology, do paper-making and musical activities, and watch three ancient fables.
- Traveling the Silk Road for Educators
All exhibition-related resources are listed here, including tips on planning your visit, and links to resources including the complete Educator's Guide in PDF form.
- AMNH Division of Anthropology
The Museum's Anthropology site contains a searchable database of collections, including the Asian Ethnographic Collection (44,000 objects and textiles).
- From Silk to Oil: Cross-Cultural Connections Along the Silk Road
Designed for high-school teachers, the twenty-three comprehensive and innovative curriculum units can be downloaded in PDF form.
- SPICE: Along the Silk Road Interactive
This site offers an illustrated timeline and richly annotated maps that include cultural and geographic features, musical instruments, and artifacts.
- Asia Society
Search this site for a Trade in the Silk Road Cities student worksheet, a Treasures Along the Silk Roads lesson plan, and the Visible Traces Curriculum Studio.
