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Rob_Hugo@PortNWLet's use this thread to share resources for the classroom.
Clay and I discovered a wonderful two volume text on Korea when we were at one of the many temples, and decided to use Amazon to buy the set. Were we ever sorry to find that Amazon did not recognize the ISBN!!! A second chance presented itself at the Seoul airport one our way home, and I was able to to buy the set and get a URL for those who would like to buy the set. These books are especially good for the 7th grade social studies teacher.
It is called Korean Cultural Heritage: Seen Through Pictures and Names, Volumes 1 and 2. The publisher is Time & Space Tech, and the ISBNs are 89-952993-4-7, and 89-952993-5-5.
Jane
AnonymousTopic: Korean War & DMZ/JSA
Movie: JSA
I perhaps wouldn't use the entire movie since it includes some graphic scenes (blood, heads being blown up and such), but a good movie they showed us in Indiana is JSA, a Korean film about North Korean and South Korean soldiers who build a friendship across the DMZ and its consequences. Shots of the DMZ were eerily familiar given our recent trip and the movie highlights the brother-against-brother nature of the Korean divide/war that wasn't quite so present in our tour. Because of the topic, the movie's heavy (beware), but it's relatively well done. [Edit by="cchung on Jul 18, 5:12:43 AM"][/Edit]
AnonymousTopic: Korea
Resource: Our Twisted Hero (Yi Munyol)
A thin little book about a Seoul boy who moves to the countryside and has to manage the politics of the classroom as it's managed by a fellow student who's quite tyrannical. The novel is an allegory written shortly after the Kwangju student uprising. For a short book (100 pages or so), it's quite rich for discussion, multi-layered, and pretty accessible for even middle school students, I think. The students are in 5th grade, and the book jacket refers to
AnonymousTopic: Korea/ Japanese colonialism
Resource: Lost Names (Richard E. Kim)
Another accessible book about Korea, this time about the period of Japanese colonialism. Because the book is written by a Korean American in English (versus other books which were originally written in Korean then translated), the literary elements of the book are quite rich and very good for close reading (metaphors, symbols, language, etc.). Most teachers who are at this seminar said they would use it. Clear narrative. While the book is clearly about the importance of heritage, it also shows Japanese colonialists as being both good and bad (rather than being one-sided). Writer will not say whether the book is autobiographical or fiction.
clay dubeJoint Security Area was an award-winning and box office success a couple years back. SubwayCinema.com has a good page on it at http://http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/archives/kfest2001/jsa.htm.
As part of the AsiaStats section of our website, we have info on Korean film awards, 2000. http://http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/statistics/00koreanawards.htm
As it happens, I'm showing it and Earth to our summer institute group.
Another film worth checking out is Chunhyang. AsianWeek.com has a good article on its director Im Kwon Taek at http://http://hanbooks.com/korculingen.html Teachers might like it as it retells a popular Korean folk tale (a love story that crosses class lines...).
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clay dubeConnie's named another wonderful resource, Lost Names by Richard Kim. As some in our seminars may recall, we distributed photocopies of a series of Education About Asia articles on this wonderful book. Those articles are available at: http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/lostname.htm
smiling,
clay[Edit by="Clay Dube on Jul 20, 5:39:52 PM"][/Edit]
clay dubeI greatly lament not picking up the two volume set that Jane describes above. She beat me to the last copies at the bookstore at Seoul's Incheon airport. The gsbooks website looks rich, but for those whose han'gul skills aren't what they should be may need to look elsewhere. One site that has the books mentioned (as well as a Korea Foundation series that wears nearly the same name, be careful before hitting the buy button) is HanBooks.com:
http://http://hanbooks.com/korculingen.html
The books are "sale" priced at $46 each (ouch, I remember that the temple bookstore offered them at about 30,000 won each, or less than $30).
[Edit by="Clay Dube on Jul 21, 4:27:22 PM"][/Edit]
AnonymousI came across an article that details the lives of one multi-generation Korean family living in Orange County, California. It details the struggles they are facing trying to keep their family traditions while at the same time blending in their American values. This is a short excerpt to help decide if you want to read it:
The subtle challenges that face Noah's family plays out among all three generations:
The grandparents - Mathew and Grace Ahn and Sugha Cho and his wife Taeok Kim - who cling to traditional values.
The parents - Noah's mom, Ellen Ahn and father, Jay Cho - and his uncle - Kay Ahn - caught in between but trying to retain the best of their past.
And Noah, who finds much of his grandparents' traditions as foreign as his Play Station II is to them. A child just beginning to make his own decisions about what he values.
Their struggle is no different from the challenges American immigrants have faced for centuries. In that sense, the classic American story is playing out nightly in the Fullerton living room of Noah's family.
Here's the link:
http://www.msnbc.com/local/myoc/m313906.asp?vts=72720032105
Tim
AnonymousI, too, covet the 2 volume series on Korea. I found volume I only at http://www.asiandb.com/store/detail.pfm?num=1588
for 39.98, and it appears no shipping.
I found it (both volumes) at another site I can't find again right now for 30000 won , but all the details are in Korean, so I fear that option. The books are printed in Korean or in English, so be careful if you order online.
If anyone has found a better option, please post it.
AnonymousAt the T+L2 Conference this week, I saw an amazing! project created by a group of middle school students for National History Day. It won 1st place in Apple's iLife for Educator Awards. It was called: Grass Born to be Stepped On : Women's Rights in China. You can see the project at http://www.apple.com/education/ilifeawards. Please look at it. I found it riveting.
AnonymousYes, I saw this too, on the internet. Amazing.[Edit by="vhinkle on Oct 26, 5:25:59 PM"][/Edit]
AnonymousAttached is the list of books we compiled at the Reunion weekend. They are NOT organized at all: there are books for children, for teens, for academics, for pleasure, all mixed up.
AnonymousHooray! I got the Korean books! A student visiting Seoul at Christmas got them for me at the National Museum. They are wonderful!!
AnonymousThe books really are wonderful - our district handles Asia in April and I can't wait to share stuff!!
clay dubeHere's a NY Times article that introduces Japanese dishes. There is also a link to an interactive slide show (turn on your sound to hear the narration).