Turkish Kebabs

This was the conclusion to Isaac's study on Turkey...Turkish takeaway (common in England)! He had a lamb kebab, served in pita bread. Although they're called kebabs, they're not served on the skewer when you get them. We bought one just for Isaac, but he let us sample it--yummy!

Turkey! A 2-Week Geography Study

Isaac has just concluded his study of Turkey. All we have left to do is Turkish take-away Saturday night (doner kebabs with pita bread)! Here is the schedule of what we did:

Week 1
Day 1
Locate Turkey on wall map and in atlas.
Put Turkey flag sticker in passport and stamp date.
Discuss capital, borders, and continents (Turkey is on 2 continents)
Listen to Middle East Song from Geography Songs

Day 2
Listen to Middle East Song
Flag page (Enchanted Learning)
Map page (I made this up myself, but I don't know how to put it on here)

Day 3
Listen to Middle East Song
Geography from A to Z--discuss hills, mountains, peninsula, plateau, sea, and strait
Discuss Mt. Ararat and watched a YouTube videos on climbing Mt. Ararat



Discuss the climate of Turkey

Day 4
Middle East Song
Discuss cities in modern-day Turkey that are mentioned in the Bible
Label map of Turkey with the cities mentioned in Revelation (7 churches)

Day 5
Middle East Song
Read story "A Sleeve in the Soup" from Around the World in 80 Tales
Listen to Turkey's national anthem
Snack: Hummus on pita bread

Day 6
Discuss government, religion, native costume
Fill out notebook page (Homeschool Creations)

Day 7
Turkish language video on YouTube


Study Saint Nicholas

Day 8
Watch YouTube video on Turkish Dance


Day 9
Discuss Istanbul/Constantinople (2-continent city)
Discuss Hagia Sophia, visit websites

Day 10
View other websites on Turkey, and take online quiz

Eat Turkish donar (lamb) kebabs on pita bread (see HERE for post and photo)

I'm linking this post to "History and Geography" at All Things Beautiful.