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Education

Chicago schoolchildren participating in The Stone Horse: A Silk Road Journey

© TODD ROSENBERG

Passion-Driven Learning
Chicago schoolchildren participated in The Stone Horse: A Silk Road Journey, a story-concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble. Students had a hands-on learning experience with different percussion instruments before having a chance to take the stage with professional musicians before an audience of more than 10,000.

Yo-Yo Ma speaks to students at Detroit’s Arab American Museum.

Yo-Yo Ma speaks to students at Detroit’s Arab American Museum

© JOE CRACHIOLA

Educational Resources

The Silk Road Project has partnered with leading organizations to produce educational materials relating to the Silk Road, music and the arts.


Materials for Teachers

The Silk Road Project has helped produced the following curricula and lesson plans:


Reading Lists

The Silk Road Project is pleased to recommend books about the Silk Road, music and intercultural exchange.

“The Silk Road Project was founded to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of other cultures and beliefs, with the hope that we may better address our differences if we appreciate our commonalities.”
- LAURA FREID