The Scent of History: Spices along the Silk Roads
World History lesson on the role of spices and the spice trade and the emergence of the Silk Roads.
In this middle school world history lesson, students will use spices as a lens to learn about the Silk Road and cultural diffusion during the period from ~100 BCE to 500 CE in Afroeurasia. Students engage in a hands-on entry event to think about scent and spices. They read and discuss an overview article, engage with a map activity, analyze primary documents, and then write a diary entry from the perspective of a Silk Road trader.
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