FIELD TRIP

[Anonymous]

If you want your students to sing in Korean...
go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xm-Z1-nmdwDoC0RweFi3w

Or https://youtu.be/NmsZIi4NefE this might be easier since most your students know this song.

[Anonymous]

I agree with Eujeeen in teaching our students to sing and to speak in Korean, she was explaining that learning Korean is easy ad we just need to familiarize with the symbols and the sounds, and adapt/adopt them into the ABCs.
Visiting the Korean center was definitely a fabulous experience that I would like to share with my students! I enjoyed the expertise of both docents at each site. On the Korean Center I rally would like my students to raise their awareness about East Asian cultures: their religion, social and economical structures, and to appreciate how much the countries enclosed in Asia are growing economical and how this impacts our life style and local economy in the United States. I want my students to wow when they visit the virtual trips to various cities in Korea and admire the grandiosity of the ecosystems, infrastructure, the architecture, and the social environment that people who live there enjoy.
The Getty was an out of this world experience, the section with the scrolls, the paintings, the sculptures of the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas was a truly religious experience that I would like to share with my students at the end of this month. I hope the exhibit is still there where I finish my lesson on East Asia.

I will use the scrolls as a project so they can describe stories on one side of the papyrus while the pictures re depicted on the other side. A great way to help students retain information in a learning by doing activity about historical aspects of Buddhism and its relevance in Hindu Asian cultures.

[Anonymous]

I really enjoyed the field trip to the Korea Cultural Center. I'll definitely tell me students about the K-pop room.

On the other hand, given the wealth and its dominance in the world stage in recent years, it saddens me to see that China(and Taiwan for that matter) have made little effort in investing an institute similar to the the Korea cultural center. It would have extremely beneficial for my students to have a meaningful and educational place to visit and to learn about the history of China here around the southern California. Sadly, the only place they can go would be Chinatown or the Asian Heritage museum in Pasadena, which has left much to be desired, but I guess it's better than nothing.

Getty's "air-conditioned" cave experience and the VIP treats was totally worth the trip.
edited by hlien on 8/30/2016

[Anonymous]

This was the first time I had ever visited the Korean Learning Center. I enjoyed having the tour of the museum and the K-Pop section. I can see myself bringing my students here in the future to learn about the history, enjoy the K-Pop section and choose an artwork they would like to draw or get inspired by. I myself would have loved to have taken a seat to enjoy the garden that was outside. The Korean Learning Center would be a good resource to use while we are learning about Korean culture and art.

[Anonymous]

The Korean Museum and the Getty Center helped me to better understand the Korean way of life and how beautiful the country is.

[Anonymous]

These caves are so amazing. The history that is explained is just astounding. This is just like an archeological dig. I want my students to be aware of this history. I will show them the caves through the Getty website and other resources.

[Anonymous]

Visiting the Getty and seeing the gallery exhibit was very impressive. Walking through and seeing all the artwork on the silk, paper scrolls and the statues they created was visually interesting to see. Even though it was hard to hear the presenter due to the amount of people that day, still very informative. As a visual art teacher, I love taking students to museums because it helps students make connections and reinforces what I teach.

The most impressive aspect of the tour was when we entered into the replica caves. The amount of artwork on the walls and statues made me feel as if I traveled to China’s silk road. A great resource when teaching Buddha religion and iconography.

http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/cave_temples_dunhuang/index.html

[Anonymous]

The field trip was an awesome culminating activity. I believe that all units should have a great wrap up culminating activity and this was definitely an excellent one. In planning for my students, I will be sure to think of creative ways to close the unit in a fun and engaging way to keep the students interested in learning more.

[Anonymous]

I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to the Korean Cultural Center because of its interactive displays. It was interesting to learn about the Korean alphabet and how easy someone can learn to speak it but not know what it means without intense study. After hearing our tour guide talk about how it was created based off Chinese characters but was meant to be simpler made sense I took Chinese school as a child, and I still can’t read very much. To require someone who speaks a different language to adopt such a hard language system is unrealistic.

I wonder if I can leverage this knowledge for the English language learners in my class because they struggle understanding English and speak Spanish. At least in their case, there is a common alphabet, but it still is difficult, especially in a chemistry class.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

What a great day! I think a field trip here for students would really enhance the point of view of what South Korea is all about and actually know where S. Korea is on a map and what their culture is all about. I personally enjoyed the alphabet and making words with it. I think students would find it really amazing that korean is one of the most scientific languages out there.

[Anonymous]

1. Visiting the Korean Cultural Center was so much fun. I learned a lot about Korean culture from our guide. I never knew that blood type was an important part of meeting someone and finding a match. I also enjoyed learning about the different regions of Korea and Korean pop culture. While we were at the Pop culture section of the center, I watched a music video where the singers sounded like they were rapping and the video took place in a stereotypical “urban” area, with graffiti, baggy clothing, and the works. I am wondering if there are areas of Korea that are low-income with tagging and gangs, or if this is just an idea adopted from our hip-hop videos? I also wonder if the consumers of this media understand the mean behind these symbols similarly to people in the U.S. and if they know how stereotyped these concepts are in our media today? Or maybe this video was made for an American KPop audience.

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