Resources For Educators: Traveling the Silk Road
Part of the Traveling the Silk Road exhibition.

Traveling the Silk Road helps students explore commerce, communication, and cultural exchange. This comprehensive guide will help you explore the exhibition with your students.
Educators Guide and Materials

Traveling the Silk Road Educator's Guide
Get an advance look at the exhibition's major themes and what your class will encounter. This nine-page guide for K-12 educators includes a Map of the Exhibition, Essential Questions (important background content), Teaching in the Exhibition (self-guided explorations), Come Prepared Checklist, Correlation to Standards, and Glossary.
Activities
More Resources
Use these free online resources to further explore themes presented in the Traveling the Silk Road exhibition.
Article
Asian Ethnography
The Museum's holdings in Asian ethnology make up the finest collection in the Western hemisphere.
Hands-on
Make Your Own Paper
Today we take paper for granted, but it was once a treasured item. Discover this ancient secret by making your own paper using everyday...
Video + Game
Silk Road Fables
As merchants, missionaries, and other travelers made their way between the cities of Asia, they told stories. See three of the tales...
Game
Sounds of the Silk Road
What music may you have heard from travelers along the Silk Road? Find out!
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