Media Components
Video:
- Turkey’s Tigers
WIDE ANGLE
Available online at https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/turkey/video.html.
Web Sites:
- CIA World Factbook — Turkey
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tu.html - BBC Country Profile — Turkey
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1022222.stm - Islam: Customs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/customs/index.shtml - Islam: Beliefs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/beliefs/index.shtml - Islam: Worship
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/worship/index.shtml - “Bordering on What?”
WIDE ANGLE — Turkey’s Tigers
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/turkey/index.html - Looking to Europe
THE ECONOMIST
http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3737609 - http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3758127 (audio interview)
Materials
For the class:
- a chalkboard, whiteboard, or poster paper (for brainstorming activities)
- the appropriate writing utensil for your writing surface
- tape (necessary if you are using poster paper so that you can display the students’ work)
For each student:
- pen or pencil
- computer with Internet access
- Student Response Sheet
