Exploring, Silk Road, Imperialism

I want to enter grades, so here's the short, short version: we did a map in class today, and watched a short video about this silk road.

If you weren't here, you need to do the map.  HERE IT IS.

You also need to watch this video:

If you want extra credit, watch the video with the adult you normally watch the blog with, then discuss the video.  To the adults who don't want to spend 10:31 watching some video about The Silk Road, I'm right there with you.  You don't have to.  You can remind your kid that they can get extra credit by playing the online geography games or by watching/reading international news and writing about it.

(That said, the video is pretty good.)

If you choose to do the extra credit this way, please write 3 thoughts from the video, and have the adult you watched and discussed it with sign it.  If they want to write their thoughts down too, I'd love to get them.