Silk Road Project

The mapping part of this project was definately a challenge. Tracing the routes of the different influences and goods was one of the easier aspects of the map, and so was labeling the different empires. Including the different geographical empires on the map was another easier part. I wasn't very happy with the outline of our map; it was difficult to do and there were a lot of erasings. Also, I wasn't happy that we outlined all the countries without realizing that wasn't one of the requirements. That was a good 20 minutes gone to waste. I also wasn't happy with the amount of time we were given. If we'd had a little more time, it would have been a lot less stressful. The hardest part of this project was trying to collaborate with my partner while I had no power for 2 days. It made collaboration difficult and took a lot of time away from our project. On the topic of collaboration, I thought we collaborated well until I lost power. My partner ended up doing extra work since I couldn't exactly be working on the research part from home. If we had to do it again, I'd make sure it wasn't due a couple days after a storm that wiped out 75% of the town's power. Also, I'd make sure that we didn't have to outline the countries before starting the project.