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
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