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Today’s Agenda•Come in, Get out journals, have a seat •Warm-up: Turn in Debate Rubrics•CNN STUDENT News•Strong Traditions, Modern Innovations- reading, discussion, assessment

FEBRUARY 13TH 2012

7.01 Identify historical events such as invasions, conquests, and migrations and evaluate their relationship to current issues.

11.01 Identify the concepts associated with culture such as language, religion, family, and ethnic identity, and analyze how they can link and separate societies.

OBJECTIVES

How can North Korea and South Korea overcome their differences and live in peace?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

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Notes and discussion on North Korea’s Culture and history

Strong Traditions, Modern Innovations: Discussion, notes, and intro to Korean History

Turn to page 461 in text!Title Notebook- “Strong Traditions, Modern Innovations” Let’s read this!!!Do section assessment on page 467 (numbers 1-8)

Key Ideas from Section One:

Korea lies on a peninsula, which provides a moderate climate and plentiful resources!

Think, Pair, Share:

Why are many Koreans still bitter about the Japanese occupation of Korea?

Answer to Think, Pair, Share

(Japan ruled Korea very harshly and tried to diminish the influence of Korean culture)

Question:

1. Explain the importance of: Three Kingdomsdemilitarized zoneceladonhanbok

Answer:

Three Kingdoms: the three kingdoms that had formed on the Korean Peninsula by A.D. 300

Demilitarized zone: buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea

Celadon: Korean ceramic pottery with thin blue or green glaze

Hanbok: traditional Korean costume.

Question:

2. Summarize: Use your completed chart to answer the following question: Why did the Koreans deeply resent the Japanese occupation?

Korean History Korean Culture

The first state…

Answer:

Korean History Korean Culture

The first state called Choson; three kingdoms; Silla; Koryo; Choson Dynasty; Japan conquered Korea; peninsula split into North and South Korea

Shamanism; Buddhism; Confucianism; Christianity; pagodas; Buddha Stone sculptures, celadon pottery; hanbok, kimchi; ondols

-Because the Japanese tried to eradicate Korean culture and treated the Koreans with cruelty

Question

3. What are some of the traits that the Three Kingdoms had in common?

Answer:

Strong military system, powerful kings, aristocracies made up of tribal chiefs

Question:

4. How did Japan gain control over Korea?

Japan fought Russia for control of Manchuria and then attacked Korea.

Question:

5. What does life in a rural village center on?

Answer:

Farming, especially rice-growing

Question:

6. Make Inferences: Do you think the Korean people benefited from the

Korean War? Explain why or why not.

Answer:

Possible Answer: no because the Korean people suffered a great deal during the war, and the two countries continue to have problems today

Question:

7. Sequence Events: In what chronological order did major

belief systems enter the Korean Peninsula?

Answer:

Shamanism, Confucianism, around 100 B.C.;

Question:

8. Connect to Today: Why do you think North Korea has recently started a nuclear

weapons program?

Answer: Possible Answers

North Korea feels threatened; it stresses a strong military