Category: Turkish

Students read a Turkish map to find the artifacts from Turkey in the gallery. Elementary II The images were taken at the YUAG…Continue Reading Exploring the Anatolian art in the YUAG’s Ancient Mediterranean Collection

The Turkish Republic tasked artists with creating 50 sculptures for the 5oth year Anniversary of the republic. However, many of the sculptures disappeared in the turn of unfortunate events. Turkish students created a map to show the ones that are still existing and can be visited….Continue Reading Mapping Turkey’s Forgotten Sculptures

Students explored Turkey’s transition from the Arabic script to Roman script and how it affected the literature in the Early Republic Era. They read poetry from the Garip movement and wrote their own Garip poem.  Intermediate Turkish II Kuşlar uçuştu ağaçlardan Rüzgarı hissettim yüzümde Yaprakları gördüm Havada oynarken hepsi Gün batımı vakti İstanbul’da Gökyüzü yavaşça…Continue Reading Exploring Turkey’s Early Republican Era Poetry: Writing a Garip poem

Students share caricatures in their L1, introducing a critical perspective to cultural festivals. Intermediate Turkish I Caricatures in the image were shown during a classroom presentation for educational purposes….Continue Reading Caricature as Social Commentary

 Students create their landscape collage art. Elementary Turkish II Source: https://www.peramuzesi.org.tr/pera-ogrenme/atolye/-sanatci-eda-gecikmez-ile-kolaj-teknigiyle-manzara-atolyesi/4162…Continue Reading Inspired by Ethel Adnan’s Landscape Art: Turning a landscape image into a collage

 Students explore James Baldwin’s Turkey era. Intermediate Turkish II Source: https://www.sedatpakay.com/james-baldwin-from-another-place…Continue Reading Celebrating Black History Month: Visiting the James Baldwin exhibition at the Beinecke Library

Students describe their imagined AirBnB and the AI generates images based on their descriptions. Elementary Turkish II…Continue Reading Text to image

Students decorating a greeting card with tezhib motives, Elementary Turkish I…Continue Reading Tezhib Art Workshop: Decorating a New Year’s Card with Tezhib art

Students pick a painting from the gallery and describe it to their friends. Everyone listens and takes notes. Then, they search the gallery for the paintings. The first person to find all the paintings and bring back photos wins the prize. Intermediate Turkish I  …Continue Reading Finding the Paintings in the Gallery

Evan asks his friend Onur in Turkey for travel advice. Elementary Turkish II…Continue Reading Video Call a Turkish friend of yours for travel advice