If possible, share them with your students. Packing for the Field Discuss Mongolia with your students, particularly its geographic location in Central Asia and the differences between life in Mongolia and life in your hometown.
Roads are scarce on the vast Mongolian steppe.
Ask your students to imagine the challenges of navigating from place to place without familiar roads. A photographer must come equipped with cameras, lenses, lights, tripods, auxiliary equipment such as light meters, and, of course, film. But even a writer requires a few changes of clothes and other provisions for an exotic locale. Ask your students to prepare a checklist of supplies for a lengthy trip to a place like Mongolia. First, they might list all the things they must have to survive and to travel from place to place.