Nowadays, teachers have to find new and innovative ways to get students immersed in learning. Teachers need to teach students how to do research and cite references every year during the Expository Unit.
Instead of the old-hum-drum routine where teachers take students to the library (if there is space), students check out books (where many kids get turned off by the limitless pages of print), and rummage through book, after book to find interesting information to report on (and we still get plenty of plagerized papers), why not use the internet as a resource for research and exploration?
When students are soo tech-savvy nowadays, it pays off to have them do assignments on the computers...we all know they can teach us a few things. Plus, students need to learn to cite internet sources, too! Students only know how (the few who actually do DO this) to write down the name of the book and title---and nothing else---and have NO idea that internet information must be referenced and included in the bibliography, as well! So why not provide students with a list of approved websites they can navigate to EASE the pain of going through the ancient library-book routine?
Here's a fantastic site students can access to begin their research on possible Expository topics:
http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/index.htm
On this site students can research "Korean History":relics, origin of the people, rival kingdom, livelihood, culture; "Culture": costumes, food, housing, religious life, social heirarchy; and "Korean Folk Collections": traditional homes, crafts, ceramic, and artifacts.
Students and Educators alike will enjoy this site's colorful pictures and comprehensible columns. Check it out for yourself and decide if this site could be used for planning your next lesson.[Edit by="rflores on Jul 30, 12:12:58 PM"][/Edit]
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