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Mixed Prepositions 4: ESL

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL preposition learning exercise, students fill in blanks with correct prepositions, choosing from a drop-down list and checking their answer. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum

For Teachers K - 8th
Bring two integrated curriculum resources about Thanksgiving to an elementary social studies unit. The first activity focuses on Squanto's contributions to the early Pilgrims' survival with a gardening activity in which learners add...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Thanksgiving

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Thanksgiving vocabulary worksheet, learners select the best choice to complete the sentence about Thanksgiving. The worksheet challenges students with complex words.
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Mesopotamia Mesopotamia

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover details about Mesopotamia. In this ancient civilizations lesson, 6th graders view a PowerPoint presentation about Mesopotamia and then play a review game based on the details. Several support materials are included...
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Archeology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate archaeological discoveries. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students research specific archaeological finds and prepare oral presentations to share their findings with their classmates.
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Thanksgiving

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to the book, Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. They share their feelings about the book and say what they are truly thankful for in their lives. Each student writes thankful thoughts on leaves...
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Families, holidays, and the United States

For Students 4th - 6th
In this families, holidays, and the United States worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about families, holidays, and the United States. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Fifty States In Rhyme

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students perform "Fifty States in Rhyme" with correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches. They also identify and perform such musical terms as tone color, tempo, dynamics, phrases, and accents. Emphasis is placed on the...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the culture of Turkey. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life, education, religion, politics, etc....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Laz

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Laz people of Turkey. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Yoruk

For Students 9th - 10th
The Yoruk are an ethnic-tribal grouping found widely throughout Turkey but primarily along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. The Yoruk are not linguistically distinct from most of the rural populations among whom they live. They speak...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Turks

For Students 9th - 10th
Ethnically, the Turks are a cultural group united by a common language, but the term "Turk" has no clearly defined racial significance; it can be properly applied to those communities historically and linguistically connected to the...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Introduction to the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
The term "Middle East" is generally recognized today to refer to a region that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to Afghanistan in the east. It encompasses the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Turks

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Turks. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note: Content...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Assyrians

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 B . C . The Assyrians invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Betsileo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Betsileo (Bts) are one of approximately twenty "ethnies," or ethnic units, into which Madagascar divides its population. The Betsileo began to use that term for themselves after their conquest by the Merina in the nineteenth century....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kurds

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kurds have inhabited an area of rugged mountains and high plains at the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for over two thousand years. Their traditional mode of subsistence is pastoralism and agriculture. The territory...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Turkish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Turkish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Odyssey: Teacher Zone: Middle East: Turkey Stay

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on wealth and poverty. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion and culture of this country. Activities are...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Peripatetics of Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
The data concerning Afghanistan and Iran refer to the period prior to the Saur and Islamic revolutions, respectively. It is not known whether such communities still exist in these two countries. Each existing community is primarily...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Kurdistan

For Students 9th - 10th
Kurdish Jews, a largely rural people, have lived in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan since time immemorial. They have been geographically isolated throughout much of their history and are thought to have retained some old Jewish...
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Association of Religion Data Archives

Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about religion in Turkey, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Syriacs

For Students 9th - 10th
Syriac is a branch of the Aramaic family of languages and was the lingua franca of the eastern Roman Empire at the beginning of the Christian era. It is also spoken extensively in the regions farther east. It became the language of...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jacobites

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jacobites, today numbering some half a million, adhere to a branch of Christianity that is most commonly known as the Jacobite church. They are to be found mostly in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The Jacobites were one of...