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Chapter Eleven – Humble Request
1. What was revealed about a child’s relationship to one’s father and mother?
2. The Five Virtues of Confucius are mentioned on page 61 . What are these virtues?
3. What does Jade ask her father to do in terms of servant Cho? Does her father agree not to
punish the servant?
Chapter Twelve – Royal Decision
1. Why did Jade’s father defend the prisoners when most wanted them to be executed?
2. The prisoners had spoken about ten laws from a written book that they carried with them.
What was the book and what were the laws? p. 65
Chapter Thirteen – A Mountain of Stitches
1. Why Jade was suddenly allowed to start her first panel? What would the panel be used
for in the future?
2. Why does Jade want to create a panel with images of mountains when her mother advises
her otherwise?
Chapter Fourteen – Brushes and Scrolls
1. How does Tiger Heart spend his time and why? p. 72 Do you get a sense that it was important
for boys to study hard and excel in their school work?
2. How were homes heated? An ondol in Korean traditional architecture in an underground
heating system.
3. Who was Tangun?
4. Tiger helps Jade develop a new skill. Explain.
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Chapter Fifteen – Yut Sticks
1. Were women allowed to paint?
2. What do you learn about the celebration of the New Year?
3. What game is mentioned?
Chapter Sixteen – Beyond the Walls
1. How does Jade find a way to see outside the walls?
2. What does the following mean and how does it relate to what Jade’s mother had told her
about finding satisfaction as a woman in traditional Korean society? “It’s not enough, she
thought. But I will learn to make it enough.” p. 87
Follow Up Activity:
Discuss the Five Great Relationships and provide examples for each of the relationships by dis-
cussing some of the characters and events in the Seesaw Girl.
Assessment:
Students will have an understanding of traditional Korean culture and Confucianism.
They will have a better understanding of students of Asian heritage, such as the importance of
studying hard and being successful in school.
They will have given thought to what roles fathers and mothers should have in raising children.
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