Silk Road Simulation

Hi Brenton Smith ! The cards are accessible through the 2.1 teaching guide - just look for the hammer icon in the top right of the screen: 

I'll link the guide directly too: https://www.oerproject.com/OER-Materials/OER-Media/PDFs/WHP-AP/Teacher-Resources/Teacher-Resources-Gated/Lesson-2-1-Teaching-Guide

Is this your first time doing the simulation? My students always have a great time with it!

I just did the simulation and it was really cool! Students got so into it that two best friends almost tackled each other when a someone got a disease card. 

One thing I noticed was that students had a difficult time with the takeaways when we were done, so I tried to make a slide that was just the high level things that they needed to know for the exam. Going to share my slide here in case it's helpful for anyone else! 

Hi,

I want to try this activity too, but I'm very confused about a couple of particulars:

1) Are the students competing individually or by region?

2)  How are the goods divided within the groups in the beginning of the game.  I understand that they are getting the cards with their regions letter on them, but who gets what?  When I read some of the teachers comments in the posts on the forum, there seemed to be a lot of difference in what people say.

I would appreciate help from anyone who has been successful running this game. 

They are competing individually -- not as a region, because notably some of the regions will start with way more (e.g., China, India) 

The goods are divided by region at the beginning -- so in round one it will tell them that each person should specialize in one type of good (e.g., one person gets all of the silk, one person gets all of the glass, etc.) 

Thank you!

Did the Silk Road simulation on Friday.  I used some webbing tape to segment the room.  I policed the activity from the center, and this format worked nicely.  

Silk Road Article and Questions

Trade Offer Blank

Simulation Basic Instructions

Bryan Dibble this is a great Friday activity! I like your idea to section off parts of the classroom to represent the regions. 

I wasn't able to access your trade offer document, but I'm curious what it entails. I have always allowed students to negotiate trade terms on the spot, but I wonder how it might be different if they made a more formal arrangement. 

My apologies, the link wasn't set for "view" - so here is the link that works, and anyone clicking on my link above, it will now work for them.  It's just a simple doc to print and cut where kids can write their "orders" for trades. Anne Koschmider 

Thank you!

Thanks for this - I tried this activity last year and feel like your added structure will be so helpful! The simulation that comes with our curriculum is much more minimal. I put in a viewer request for your documents - lmk if I owe you a coffee!