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Turkey Class Activities

Early elementary: The purpose of this lesson is to get the student to interact with Turkish music and Turkish musical instruments. For many students this will be difficult as they are unfamiliar with this music. By using a comparative method, which avoids simple evaluation, the students can use what they know about their own music to help them interact with music found in Turkey. This lesson focuses on group work and finding and classifying details about the music. This is designed to foster critical thinking and analysis skills in addition to getting the students to interact with music in more than an immediate and evaluative manner. []
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Late elementary: Social studies lesson about  analyze  the  causes  for  regional  conflict  in  Southwest Asia. []

Fine Arts: This activity can be done at home with parent! Turkish calligraphy is a unique artistic creation although calligraphy itself is not of Turkish origin. Turkish calligraphists have always made the paper, pens and ink they used. The paper used to be painted with natural dyes. Then it was polished with boiled starch and egg white. The paper dressed in this way allowed for easily correcting mistakes. Pens were made of hard reeds. Bigger pens (known as "celi") were made of wood. To produce ink, the calligraphists used to burn materials such as pine and linseed oils. Have the students make their own calligraphy! Below are a couple pictures of Turkish calligraphy. (Information taken directly from [])

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