WHAP Day 28 - Trade, Travelers, & Diffusion on the Silk Road

Day 4 - PAW 4

KC2.3.I.  Land and water routes became the basis for interregional trade, communication, and exchange networks in the Eastern Hemisphere.

• ECON7 - Explain how local, regional, and global economic systems and exchange networks have influenced and impacted each other over time.

KC2.3.II.  Alongside the trade in goods, the exchange of people, technology, religious and cultural beliefs, food crops, domesticated animals, and disease pathogens developed across extensive networks of communication and exchange.

• Explain how religions, beliefs systems, philosophies, and ideologies originated, developed, and spread as a result of expanding communication and exchange.

Objectives:   Examine statues for evidence of cultural diffusion along the Silk Roads.  Consider the monsoon system.

Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class, please open up the "Five Robed Figures."  We'll finish our examination of these artworks for syncretism and diffusion.  Then, we'll analyze primary documents to evaluate the international marketplace on the Silk Road.

Homework Due Dates:

• ASAP - "Migration of Anatomically Modern Humans Response" corrections (see comments for current 'grade')
• ASAP - Download "Timeline Builder" app
• TODAY - PAW 4
• TODAY - Watch "New Ideas Along the Silk Road" BEFORE class
• Tuesday, October 10 - "KC2.3 - Axum Documents" - read documents and answer questions BEFORE class
• Wednesday, October 11 - Classical Age Top 10 Timelines due by midnight
• Thursday, October 12 - What is Empire? document analysis due in class 
• Friday, October 13 - Period 2 Assessment
• Sunday, October 15 - What is Empire? thesis statement due
• Friday, October 20 - What is Empire? DBQ response due by 3:00 (4-7 page paper MUST be personally submitted to Mrs. Friday)