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A Primary Source Guide to Turkey

Age 4-8
Grade PK-3

Christopher Blomquist

A Primary Source Guide to Turkey

Library Binding (PowerKids Press Aug. 1, 2005)
This fact-filled series can help elementary social studies students learn about the diverse countries and cultures of the world. Correlated directly to the social studies curriculum, each volume includes social, political, geographic, economic, and historic characteristics of the featured country. Primary source images, documents, and artifacts bring the world's unique nations and people into your students' world and offer an invaluable resource for country research and reports. Ancient peoples called this mountainous land Anatolia, but in the twentieth century; under Atatuk, Turkey's first president, it became known as the Land of the Turks. Turkey has played a major part in the history of civilization. Today Turkey is a republican democracy, and its capital is Ankara. Introduce students to the Blue Mosque, the Dolmabahe Palace, and the three-day festival of Seker Bayrami in this engaging tour of the land that lies in two continents!
Series
Countries of the World: A Primary Source Journey
ISBN
1404227598 / 9781404227590
Pages
24
Weight
8.8 oz.
Dimensions
8.2 x 0.5 in.

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