KWLGridWhatIalreadyknowWhatIwouldliketoknowWhatIknownow?????????????????

SuccessCriteriaAimTolearnaboutdifferentaspectsofTurkey.TobeabletolocateTurkeyonamap.Tounderstandwhattheclimateislike.Tolearnaboutthecultureofthecountry.

TurkeyissometimesknownastheRepublicofTurkey.WhereisTurkey?MostofTurkeyisinAsia,butasmallpartisalsoinEurope.WheredoyouthinkTurkeyis?Xmarksthespot!

Xmarksthespot!TurkeyAnkaraHereisTurkey.Over76millionpeopleliveinthecountry.ThecapitalcityisAnkara.

What’stheweatherlikethere?Turkeyhashotdrysummersandmild,wetwinters.Turkeyissplitintosevendifferentclimateregions.ThehottestpartofTurkeyisthesouth.PhotoscourtesyofJasonTabariasandbass_nroll)–grantedundercreativecommonslicence-attribution

Whatwouldyouliketolearnaboutnext?CultureFoodandDrinkEducationEndKWLGrid

CulturePhotoscourtesyofMing-yenHsuandToddMecklem()–grantedundercreativecommonslicence-attributionFollowingthefalloftheOttomanEmpirein1923,moderndayTurkeywasformed.TheancientcityofTroywaslocatedinmoderndayTurkey.TheofficiallanguageisTurkish.Next

CulturePhotoscourtesyofMing-yenHsuandToddMecklem()–grantedundercreativecommonslicence-attributionThecurrencyistheTurkishLira.ReligionisimportanttothepeopleofTurkey.Over90%ofthepopulationareMuslims.AlthoughTurkeyhasnoofficialemblem,thecrescentandthestarfromtheTurkishflagcanbefoundonTurkishpassports.Next

Turkishphrasesmerhaba–hellogünayd?n–goodmorningiyigünler–goodafternoonho??akal?n–goodbyeevet–yeshay?r–nolütfen–pleasete?ekkürederim–thankyouMenu

EducationChildrenstartschoolattheageof6andcanfinishattheageof14.InthefirstthreeyearschildrenlearnTurkish,Maths,aforeignlanguageandHayatBilgisi(whichmeanslifeknowledge).Differentschoolsteachdifferentforeignlanguage