Silk Road

Ideal unit for diversifying the curriculum by exploring Asian history. This unit contextualises and then evaluates the Silk Road’s historical importance.

Free Lesson 1 available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13151926

Provides students with an understanding of the connections between Asia and Europe.

Lessons included:

• What was the Silk Road?
• Chronology of the Silk Road
• Trade along the Silk Road
• Silk Road & Slavery
• The Mongol Empire
• Marco Polo
• The historical significance of the Silk Road

Key historical skills:

• Chronology
• Source analysis
• Significance
• Historical interpretation (edited Susan Whitfield ‘Slaves on the Silk Road’)
• 16 mark Edexcel GCSE plan & model answer

The lessons comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt to suit your needs best!