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Education About Asia – www . asian-studies . org / eaa ( The Education About Asia archives include more than 1,250 articles and lessons for teaching about Korea and all of Asia . Click on Browse TOC on home page . Select an issue and view contents that may be downloaded . The journal is the best journal for educators who teach Asia . If there is difficulty accessing the information , see the first page of the list of websites for teaching about Asia )
Korea Society - http :// koreasociety . org ( This is an excellent site for obtaining carefully developed lessons , PowerPoint lectures , and I-pod information , and recordings for the classroom . On the homepage click on “ Korean Studies ,” scroll down to “ Educational Resources ” and then click on “ Curriculum Materials " or " Monographs with Lesson Plans ." Under curriculum materials you will find lessons organized by topic or time period in Korean history . Monographs with lesson plans have collections of resources divided by age group . There are lessons for grades K-12 in nearly all disciplines and on the following topics : art , architecture , culture , dance , economy , education , geography , history , Korean War , language , music , north / south issues , religion , women ’ s issues , and language . See lessons by time period : Three Kingdoms , Unified Silla ( Silla Korea and the Silk Road Power Point lecture and an entire book on Silla and the Silk Road titled ( Silla Korea and the Silk Road : Golden Age , Golden Threads ), Goryeo and Joseon (“ Gutenberg and Korean Movable Type ”), and Contemporary Korea ( more than 30 lessons ). There are also audio and video resources , monographs , a Romanization chart , and an introduction to Korean art and folk tales ( lessons for K-6 ). To access the entire book , Silla and the Silk Road : Golden Age , Golden Threads , go to KoreaSociety . org , Education , click on Educational Resources , then down to Monographs and Lesson Plans . The book is last on the list .
STANFORD -SPICE - http :// spice . fsi . stanford . edu / spice-catalog-series / teaching-resources-korea . SPICE has created four carefully researched comprehensive units on Korea : U . S . South Korea Relations ; Inter- Korea Relations : Rivalry , Reconstruction and Reunification ; Uncovering North Korea ; and Colonial Korea in Historical Perspective
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The Sejong Cultural Society – http :// www . sejongculturalsociety . org ( The organization strives to advance awareness and understanding of Korea ' s cultural heritage amongst people in the United States by reaching out to the younger generations through contemporary creative and fine arts . It is the society ’ s hope that , through this , the rich culture behind Korea ' s colorful history will be accessible to people of any ethnicity and nationality while being a unique part of the larger , more familiar Western culture , and that such harmonizing of the two cultures will create a better understanding between them . The website provides information on music , essay writing , and sijo poetry competitions . It also includes a Power Point on Korean history and culture , teaching guides , and video examples of how to teach sijo )
News : Choson Ilbo - http :// english . chosun . com , KBS TV Radio http :// world . kbs . co . kr / english , Korea Herald - http :// www . koreaherald . co . kr /, Korea Times - http :// www . koreatimes . co . kr /, Yonhap News Agency - http :// english . yonhapnews . co . kr ,
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