Friday

 Today we are going to start with a Ted-Ed video on "The Silk Roads", then I will give you 15-20 minutes to work on your assignment from yesterday and finally we will look at Unit 1 topic 1. 

"Developments in East Asia from 1200 - 1450" (What is East Asia)?




Remember homework for Monday - AP Videos (assigned yesterday and the reading packet that I will be handing out today).

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