Silk Road Project Review

1. One thing that I definitely think went well was working in partners. It was easier to divide the work up and pool our ideas together. Also, for the most part, the paper seems to be going well (we haven't finished it yet, but it seems to be ok). And finally, giving us class time really helped. It was a good opportunity to ask questions and get a good amount done.

2. One thing that was a little tough was the research. There wasn't a lot of thorough information on each item, and I personally don't like doing a lot of guesswork. Getting our map to be proportional to the original probably took us the longest amount of time, due to our lack of math and line-drawing skills, I think. Also, it was a little tough to track the Bubonic plague, since most of the information was regarding the outbreak in Europe.

3. Drawing was hard for me, but I'm sure most of the groups didn't have an issue with that. The actual work itself wasn't too bad, but trying to finish it in a timely manner could be challenging. Also, some of the research was hard to do, because it was what I could find vs. what was most likely accurate.

4. I liked working with a partner. It's hard in a group sometimes to split up the work, and then sometimes people don't agree on things, and working on the project at the same time is nearly impossible. But with a partner we can compare ideas, switch off based on whose handwriting is better and who can draw a straight line, and split the work pretty evenly. Also, it's always better to be working with a friend than locked in your room by yourself. Always.

5. If we did it again, I'd probably suggest we redo how the maps would be proportional. I also might spend more hardcore researching time for the products we picked. Though this is beyond my control, it would be great if we avoided power outages and blizzards while working on something like this.