Unit Plan
Curated OER

Dynastic Explorations

For Teachers 4th
Students complete a unit of lessons on medieval Chinese dynasties. They examine the impact the Chinese culture has had on their own lives, label maps, conduct research, read stories, create bamboo stick sentences, write poems, and make...
Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Trade, Diplomacy, and China's Modern Transformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with primary resources and questions for critical thinking explores how China's economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Silk Road: Connecting the Ancient World Through Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
With modern technology, a global exchange of goods and ideas can happen at the click of a button. But what about 2,000 years ago? Shannon Harris Castelo unfolds the history of the 5,000-mile Silk Road, a network of multiple routes that...