For those of you currently looking at the Ottoman empire, its rise and fall, etc., we have great teaching materials for you. Our free online gallery of Ottoman empire maps and images can be used in PowerPoints and handouts, as well as viewed on a SmartBoard for discussion and activities. We also have an extensive gallery of photographs of Turkey immediately following World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman empire.
Apart from using our gallery images in your own materials, they can be used as primary sources in your lesson plans. Try assigning (either at computers or using printed images) student partners an image or group of images. Have the students examine the images, asking: What does this image reveal about the later Ottoman empire? What examples of technology do you see? What do the images and captions reveal about social attitudes? Based on your knowledge of history and social studies, was Turkey on par with the rest of the world (politically, economically, democratically)?
