2019 Korean History and Cultural Seminar for Educators - Handbook 2019 NKS Handbook-0617 | Page 106

By examining Teaching East Asia: Korea, K-12 teachers will be able to access articles, lessons, and Power Point lectures for art, history, language, literature, music, and science classes. The book also includes a chapter on Korean American history and a resource chapter that contains book reviews, an extensive list of websites, and information for educators to understand their Korean students and their families. Articles, lessons, and Power Point lectures can be downloaded from the National Korean Studies Seminar’s website: http://koreanseminar.org. We are hoping that some of the following suggestions might be helpful for teachers and engaging for their seventh grade students. If teachers have questions related to the teaching of 7 th grade history or any of our resources, please 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 (located on Wilshire Boulevard near the Los Angeles County Art Museum) from June 24-28, 2019. Fellowships will be available for teachers who live outside the Los Angeles area. More information will be posted on our website early in the year. 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. 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] Information for Middle School Administrators and Teachers: The Power Point lecture, What Koreans want Americans to Know about Korea, should be of interest to educators who want to know more about Korea’s past and the present. This Power Point is highly recommended and provides important background for understanding Korean American students and their families. The Power Point lecture, Education in Korea: Past and Present, provides information that could be of interest to faculty and students. Korean Etiquette: Helpful Information for Educators: See pages 281-283 of the e-book. Ideas for bringing East Asian Culture (and cultures from other regions of the world) into classrooms for middle school students: See e-book pages 272-276. Opportunities are created for students to experience East Asian cultures; lessons offer different options for students of varied abilities. These lessons could lead to adapting this approach to many cultures represented in the classroom. Parents, faculty, and members of the local community may be willing to come to classrooms and introduce some aspect of their culture, such as presenting a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, teaching 104