print email comment close From Silk to Oil: Cross-Cultural Connections Along the Silk Roads URL: http://www.chinainstitute.org/educators/silkguide.html Description: This curriculum guide about Asian trading routes, particularly in China, "begins in the second century BCE and ends in the contemporary period. Its twenty-three curriculum units teach the Silk Roads through geography, history, religion, literature, and the arts." Units include lesson plans, study questions, photographs, statistics, and maps. "Supplementary Materials" includes a glossary and lists of additional resources. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and produced by the China Institute in America. Author: China Institute in America Publisher: China Institute in America Extra Keywords high school Central Asia Library of Congress Subject Headings: Asia -- Civilization Silk Road Trade routes -- Asia LII Database Information: Record 19619 created by Sybil Finemel on 11/06/2005 Last modification on 11/09/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 04/01/2008 Published: 11/10/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19619