About This Lesson
In this learning journey from CFR Education, you’ll venture down the Silk Road and across centuries of global trade. Then you’ll stop to look at where we’re at today—and if things are really changing for the better.
CFR Education, the educational arm of the Council on Foreign Relations, helps middle, high school, and higher education students understand and engage with today’s most pressing global issues. With over 700 free, nonpartisan, multimedia teaching and learning resources, CFR Education’s supplemental materials help students gain the knowledge, skills, and perspective needed to navigate today’s interconnected world. CFR Education also provides professional development and programming opportunities to support educators as they take on this crucial work.