Silk Road

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

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