{"id":463194,"date":"2010-03-23T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2524"},"modified":"2010-03-23T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T16:53:57","slug":"teaching-geography-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-we%e2%80%99re-riding-on-a-caravan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/463194","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children\u2019s Literature: We\u2019re Riding on a Caravan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re Riding on a Caravan<\/a> is written by Laurie Krebs and illustrated by Helen Cann.\u00a0 This book chronicles the journey a family makes along the silk road in China.\u00a0 As the family travels from Xi’an to Kashgar over the course of a year they make many stops to trade in places such Lanzhou and Turpan.\u00a0 Throughout their travels the family trades silk for the many items they are going to need to survive their passage on the silk road.\u00a0 The final pages of the book provide the reader with a <\/strong>map of the silk road, a story about the origins of silk and brief history of the silk road.
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\nCurriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nWe’re Riding on a Caravan <\/em>is a great book to teach students about how far people used to have to travel to get the goods they needed and desired.\u00a0 This book can be used to reinforce a lesson about maps (K.4) and understanding the relationship between the environment and the culture of ancient China (2.4).\u00a0 It can also be used has an opener to lessons about about American journeys similar to the silk road such as the Oregon trail.<\/p>\n

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