The seventh graders of High Tech Middle Chula Vista, located just south of San Diego, California, have researched cities along the ancient Silk Road in order to write creative poems, journals, narratives, and travel guides about these legendary places. While researching, we discovered a multitude of obstacles that travelers and traders would have had to overcome: the deathly Taklamakan Desert, the icy paths along the Tian Shan Mountains, bandits,...