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PBS

Pbs Wide Angle: Turkey's Tigers

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS presents a video documentary of Turkish businessmen maintaining a balance of democracy and Islam. Includes links to related videos and sites.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Changes in Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Wide Angle video, learn how the owner of a clothing manufacturer that creates conservative fashions for Turkish women has balanced his devout faith and commerce.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Wild Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting facts, habitat range, diet information, behavior patterns, and more are found on this thorough site. In addition, you can listen to the sounds of this bird.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Turkey

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Turkey on this website.
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Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Squishy Turkeys

For Students 1st - 5th
Watch Scientist Joe demonstrate how to make a turkey in a glove using homemade slime in this video presentation.
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Other

Bijleveld Books: Life Among Ruins: Greece and Turkey Between Past & Present

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating exhibition of the impact that living among the ruins of earlier civilizations has on people's lives. This online exhibit presents the illustrated records of European travelers to the Mediterranean from the 17th to the 19th...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Let's Talk Turkey: The Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How does your family celebrate Thanksgiving? Are you joined by friends and/or family for a special feast? What do you eat? Most American families celebrate Thanksgiving by cooking turkey. According to EatTurkey.com, approx. 88 percent of...
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CRW Flags

Flags of the World: Turkey

For Students 3rd - 8th
CRW Flags provides an image, description, and history of the flag of Turkey. Includes a construction sheet for making the flag.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Turkey History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Turkey including early civilizations, Byzantium, Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire, World war I, independence, Ataturk, and current events.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Turkeys Turning the Tables" by William D. Howells

For Students 6th - 8th
"Turkeys Turning the Tables" is an amusing story that could be read aloud around Thanksgiving. Read the full text on this site.
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Other

Turkish Odyssey: State Policies: Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the government of Turkey. Topics include the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the President, Cabinet, and local administration.
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Other

Turkish Odyssey: State Policies: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A great explanation of the economy in Turkey. Read about the standard of living, tax, employment, industries, imports, exports, and specific sectors.
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Other

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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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Sound Like a Turkey

For Students 2nd - 5th
An activity where students investigate the sounds created by the friction of fingers moving along a wet string.
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The History Place

The History Place: Armenians in Turkey 1915 1918

For Students 9th - 10th
The first genocide of the 20th Century occurred when two million Armenians living in Turkey were eliminated from their historic homeland through forced deportations and massacres.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Turkey Vulture

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, range, habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status are the topics discussed in this detailed site. Sounds of this bird species can be heard on this site as well.
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PBS

Pbs: Background to the Greek Colonies of Turkey

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the ancient Greek colonies of Ionia and their troubled relationship with the nearby Persian government.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cooking the Thanksgiving Day Turkey

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will analyze data using Newton's Law of Heating and an exponential equation. Asks students to make connections between Newton's Law of Heating and the exponential equation.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Truman Doctrine

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a copy of a speech given in 1947 that describes US intent in stopping the spread of communism. It outlines threats to communist expansion into Greece and Turkey, and the US response to such a threat. This is a great primary...
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Curated OER

University of Texas: Maps: Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of Europe shows Turkey's place in both Europe and Asia.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Destruction of the Armenians During World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity-based resource on the genocide and mass deportation of Armenians from Turkey during WWI. Students investigate whether the treatment of Armenians by the Turkish governmnet fits the definition included in the UN Genocide Convention.
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Read Works

Read Works: Truman and His Doctrine: Revolutionary, Unprecedented, and Bipartisan

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This 5-page PDF is the nonfiction article "Truman and His Doctrine: Revolutionary, Unprecedented, and Bipartisan" by Elizabeth Edwards Spalding which discusses Truman's policy to provide aid to Turkey...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Outlier

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for exploring the topic of outliers with definitions, what is an outlier, how to find outliers using the turkey method and the interquartile range, solved examples, and interactive questions.

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