Analyzing "The River Flowing Through West" documentary in terms of social studies acquisitions

The aim of this study is to determine the usability of the documentary "River Flowing West", which was broadcast on the TRT documentary channel, in terms of the acquisitions in the Social Studies Curriculum and in the Social Studies course. Twenty episodes of the documentary" The River that flows west " were examined in accordance with the fifth and sixth grade achievements. Thus, the data obtained in the research was analyzed by document analysis from qualitative data analysis methods. According to the information obtained by examining the sections of the documentary, The sections were found to be appropriate with the social studies curriculum. But the fact that there is less gain in some sections has reduced the level of availability of these sections. Keywords: Social studies, curriculum, documentary