Silk Road Research Project A Parent Guide Question-Based

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Silk Road Research Project

• A Parent Guide

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Question-Based Research

• Takes students beyond the traditional report that
  required them to read it and repeat it.
• It encourages students to apply Blooms higher
  order thinking skills analyze, categorize,
  compare, contrast, differentiate, defend, support

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Essential Questions Help Us Investigate the "Big
Picture."  They  

• are open-ended questions for which there are no
  right or wrong answers
• require complex and creative thought
• generate more questions

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Cross-Crew Essential Question

• How does movement of people, goods, and ideas
  change the world?
• The knowledge that each individual  gains through
  this project will contribute to a cross-crew
  dialog about the exchange of goods and ideas.

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Crew-Level Essential Question

• What characteristics define your area of study as
  a region? Are there exceptions?
• The knowledge that each individual gains through
  this project will contribute to a crew-level
  dialog about their region.

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Teams Research a City

• Teams will investigate the remaining three themes
  of geography.
• location
• place
• human-environment interaction

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Individual Team Members Research One Primary
Topic

• Absolute and Relative Location/Geography
• Architecture
• Music
• Clothing
• Food

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Individuals Develop an Essential Question About
Their Topic

• This is a big picture question. Examples
• What role does ______ play in ______culture?
• What are the predominant forms of _______ in
  ________?

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Individuals Develop Three Subsidiary Questions

• smaller questions that help answer the essential
  question
• cannot be answered with a simple yes or no
• cannot be answered with just one or two facts
• must be complex enough to support a paragraph
  long answer

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Subsidiary Question Tips

• Identify categories related to the primary
  topic
• Types of buildings
• Types of instruments
• Styles of music

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Make Connections to Secondary Topics

• Religion
• Art
• Lang. Lit
• Sports Leisure
• Bazaars Market
• Topography
• Geographic Features
• Climate

• Government
• Geology
• Vegetation
• Transportation
• Agriculture
• Innovation Tech.
• Environmental issues
• Natural Resources

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Every Student Is An Expert

• Each student researches a unique topic
• Individuals educate teammates
• Teams educate classmates
• Classes educate crewmates
• Crews educate other crews

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Expert Knowledge Flows Up
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Research Process

• Create a fact sheet for each subsidiary question.
• Notes should be take as bullets and phrases. Do
  not use complete sentences
• Record source on works cited worksheets
• Correlate fact sheet source to works cited
  worksheet

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Final Paper Submission

• Turn in all research documents question sheets,
  fact sheets, works cited worksheets
• Notes must support the research paper. All facts
  reported in the paper must appear in associated
  notes.
• Expository essay will include a properly
  formatted works cited page.

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Silk Road Day A Celebration

• Students will showcase booth products
• Students will display their expository essay and
  works cited sheet
• Well take digital pictures of research related
  booth products

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Web Product

• Our Computer Resource Teacher will work with the
  students to create a Virtual Silk Road on the
  World Wide Web.
• Students will insert the digital picture of their
  primary product into a Web page representing
  their city.
• Students will write a brief caption to accompany
  this picture.

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