Silk road project

3 things went very well in our project, the first being the use of the book to find trade routes of the silk road. Our routes are as close to accurately placed as they could be with the resources we had. Another thing that went well was the essay. Because we were collaborating on our project, we divided the essay into two halves, which made it easy to write about once we agreed on which topics to cover. A third thing that went well was overall collaboration. Doing this project on our own would have taken significantly longer and many of the ideas we had for the map would not have been brought up.
Although our project was a success, there were a few things I was not happy with. The maps were very hard to find an accurate scale for, and drawing a map freehand is tedious and difficult even though ours came out looking good. Another difficulty of this project was balancing work in and out of school with a partner while dealing with a major power outage. A final thing that was a hassle was distinguishing trade routes in a way that was organized and clear. Although we have all our trade routes mapped, at a first glance it is very difficult to understand what each arrow represents.
Overall our project was a success, but if I had to do it again I would spend less time drawing the map and more time worrying about the details of the trade routes, which is the most important thing. This would also give us more time to have worked on the essay, which we had to cram into a few late night hours.