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Global Issues in Depth - Saturday Professional Development Workshop
Turkey: Past, Present and Future

Saturday, May 17th
University of Houston
Farish Hall Building, Kiva Room
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Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Workshop: 9:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Workshop Detail

Your registration includes four content speakers, breakfast, lunch, and a curriculum binder and CD with a multitude of country case studies, lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations with lecture notes.

This workshop is approved for 6 hours of G/T credit by TAGT. The World Affairs Council is recognized by the State Board for Educator Certification as a Continuing Education Provider for the State of Texas (CPE #501096).  Please note: We are not permitted to duplicate G/T certificates. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

Also, the World Affairs Council Educator of the Year will be announced at the end of the workshop.







 

This workshop applies to teachers of: 
-  World Geography 
-  World History 
-  World Cultures 
-  Government
-  International Studies

Content and curriculum will be useful for the middle school, secondary and college level. 

 

Presentation topics

8:30-9:00
Registration and Coffee, Raindrop Foundation slide show

9:00 - 10:00
Turkey: Then and Now - The Ottoman Empire and How it Has Shaped Turkey Today
Consul Ali Findik, Turkish Consulate General

10:00 - 11:00
Turkey and the US: A Critical Bilateral Relationship and its Role in Regional Politics
Bulent Aliriza, Ph.D. Director and Senior Associate, Turkey Project, Center for Strategic and Interational Studies

11:00- 12:00
Turkey Lesson Plan: International Teacher Travel Presents:
Monica Birtwistle and Jeff Cherry

12:00 - 1:00
Lunch and "Turkish Corner" sponsored by American Turkish Association, Turkey Travel photo slideshow, presented by Steve Antley

Cultural Dance
American Turkish Association of Houston Turkish Folk Dance Group

1:00 - 2:00
Turkey in the 21st Centruy: An Analysis of Domestic Issues
Bulent Aliriza, Ph.D. Director and Senior Associate, Turkey Project, Center for Strategic and Interational Studies

2:00 - 3:00
Energy in Turkey
Gurcan Gulen, Ph.D. Senior Energy Economist, Center for Energy Economics
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas at Austin

3:00 - 3:30
Diversity and Tolerance in the Ottoman Empire Zekeriya Baskal, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Turkish Studies The University of Houston, Central Campus

3:30 - 4:00
Biblical Sites in Turkey
Kamuran Kadipasaoglu, Ph.D. American Turkish Association

World Affairs Council Educator of the Year will be announced at the end of the workshop.

This workshop was funded by a generous grant from the
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