Message from jreynolds

[Anonymous]

I have the students make up a story about traveling on the silk road. While it is a writing activity, I let them do whatever they want, as long as they make sure to include some of the information I told them, and the trading materials that I told them about for some of the stops I found on a map of the silk road online. Many enjoyed the creativity aspect of making up a story. As long as they show knowledge of what is in the standard, they score high, too. So it builds self esteem a long with it for many of them. Not the most fun they ever had, but they did in general like the activity.