1. Warm Up - - Do Now
With your group partners, try to answer the following questions about the map. Each group will share their answers with the class.
1.) What do you think the lines on this map represent?
2.) Which path would you take to get from one side of the map to the other?
3.) Would there be any challenges from getting from one side of the map to the other?
4.) What does this map represent?

2. Silk Road Overview When and why did people stop using the silk road?
Why was it called the Silk Road?
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What challenges did travelers face?
Which goods traded?

3. So why did Europeans stop using the Silk Road?
Fun facts about the Silk Road
It was over 4,000 miles long.
Marco Polo traveled to China along the Silk Road.
Not all that was traded along the Silk Road was good. It is thought that the bubonic plague, or Black Death, traveled to Europe from the Silk Road.
Very few merchants traveled along the entire route. Goods were traded at many cities and trade posts along the way.
There wasn't just one route, but many routes. Some were shorter, but more dangerous. Others took longer, but were safer.
Stop and Think:
So why did Europeans stop using the Silk Road?

4. World Trade Map Page __
With a partner you will be given a map of the world and directions for placing key events and routes onto this map. Follow the step by step guide to plotting your information and journeys.
Use the color coding to help the info. stand out.
Green = Land (countries, places)
Blue = Oceans/Water
Trade = Red
Exploration = Orange
Everything else in Pencil!!

5. Exit Ticket What was the Silk Road?
Road made of silk
Trade route from Asia to Europe
Italian road built by Marco Polo
Asian road built to trade goods with America
What impact did the Silk Road have on Europeans and Asians?
Nothing, it was just a road
Brought armies together to fight each other
Helped people learn about the New World
Spread goods, ideas and people from one area to another