Lesson 3: Indian Ocean and Trans-Saharan Trade
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Students will compare the Indian Ocean and trans-Saharan trade networks by analyzing transportation methods, goods exchanged, and cultural impacts.
How did geography shape different trade networks?
What similarities and differences existed between maritime and land-based trade?
Indian Ocean trade, trans-Saharan trade, dhow, camel caravan, monsoon winds
APWH Unit 2 Topics 2.2, 2.3
Skill 4.A
Reasoning Process: Comparison
Comparing multiple texts and visual sources.
This lesson emphasizes comparison across exchange systems and reinforces geographic reasoning.
Purpose: Develop comparative analysis skills
DOK: 3
Global shipping routes and reliance on maritime trade.
Students may assume maritime trade was faster or safer than overland trade in all cases.
Side-by-side comparison charts; structured discussion prompts.
Comparative paragraph using evidence.
Maps, visuals, trade data summaries