Travel the Silk Road Board Game - Trade Routes & Cultural Diffusion Simulation
Students love playing this Silk Road game while learning about Silk Road trade, trade routes, inventions, and geography of the Ancient World. Use this Silk Road activity as a Silk Road lesson or simulation where students identify goods and ideas that spread from East Asia to Europe along the Silk Road trade routes while competing to amass the greatest fortune. The board game format is engaging for students, and the guided structure is easy for you to use!
What's Included:
- Guided Slides Lesson
- Fill-in Notes
- Game Task Cards
- Fill-in Scorecard
- Game Board
- Answer Keys
- Teacher Guide
Vocabulary:
Silk Road, Trade Routes, Merchants, Globalization, Cultural Diffusion, Barter System, Empires, Mongols, Romans, Geographic Barriers, Caravans, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Age of Exploration
Aligned with Social Studies Standards:
- CCSS, TEKS, ELPS & NCSS
Total Pages: 12
Time: 50 Minutes
Grades: 5-12