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FREE UNITS ON KOREAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Bringing Korean History and Culture to High School Classrooms and
A Free Korea Seminar June 24-28, 2019 Korean Cultural Center L.A.
Korean history and culture now play a significant role in the new California History-Social Science
Framework. Since many teachers know little about Korea, we believe that the Teaching East Asia:
Korea e-book will be helpful for educators of all grade levels and disciplines to teach Korea-related
units that are factually accurate, of interest to students, and relevant to the world in which we live
with a minimal investment of time and energy. Teaching East Asia: Korea has received positive
reviews from Education About Asia, the leading journal for educators who teach Asia, UCLA Center for
Korean Studies, the USC-China Institute, Columbia University, University of Washington, the Korea
Society and the Silicon Valley Korean School (reviews appear on the first page of the e-book and on the
final pages).
By examining our website (http://koreanseminar.org), high school teachers will be able to download
Teaching East Asia: Korea lessons and Power Point lectures for art, history, language, literature, music
and science classes. The e-book includes a chapter on Korean American history and a resource chapter
that contains book reviews, an extensive list of websites, and information for administrators and
teachers to better understand Korean students and their families. If you have questions related to the
e-book or the Power Point lectures, email [email protected].
We have very limited hardcopies of Teaching East Asia: Korea, but hope in the coming year that more
copies will be available. Our annual free five-day seminar on Korean History and Culture will be held
at the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles from June 24-28, 2019. A schedule is posted on our
website. Fellowships will be available for teachers who live outside the Los Angeles area. More
information will be posted on our website in January.
Sung Soon Kim is the director and co-founder of National Korean Studies (a non-profit organization)
and co-founder of the International Korean Educators Network (IKEN). She taught Korean Dual
Language programs for 22 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Sung Kim received the
Distinguished Teacher award in 2011 and 2016 from the Ministry of Education of South Korea and the
Global Educator Award from Michigan State University in 2017. Her email: [email protected]
Mary Connor taught United States History, Asian Studies, and Advanced Placement Art History over a
period of 35 years. She is a co-founder and adviser of the National Korean Studies Seminar and the
author of two library reference books (The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook and Asia in Focus: The
Koreas) and a resource book for educators (Teaching East Asia: Korea). She has been honored by the
Prime Minister of South Korea, the Korean Consulate General Los Angeles, the Organization of
American Historians and the Peace Corps Association. [email protected]
If districts or schools would like their faculty to receive this information via an e-mail attachment,
please e-mail [email protected]
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