Border+Conflicts-+Case+Studies+of+Korean+Peninsula+and+the+U.S.

Ken Keller Danbury High School (Connecticut) kellek@danbury.k12.ct.us

BORDERS:

__**RESOURCES**__ [|Gapminder] [|Census Bureau IDB] [|Inside North Korea from National Geographic Video] [|Inside the Shadows] [|Northeast Asian History Foundation] [|New Yorker: July 12 and 19, 2010]
 * THINK ABOUT BORDERS: Local scale/national/global
 * Borders in Korea
 * Think about BOUNDARIES beyond physical ones on a map

__**TEACHING ABOUT KOREA IN THE UNITED STATES**__
 * Geographic concept of a nation is a group of people who share a culture but not sovereignty
 * Physical Geo (climate & landscape)
 * Cultural Geo (religions, lang, family life, customs)
 * Eco Geo (diff between North and South)
 * Political Geo (govts; 6 party talks, reunification)


 * WHAT DO MY STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT KOREA?**
 * 1) Car companies/technology
 * 2) Korean war
 * 3) Funny looking man
 * 4) Famous Korean-America? Korean food?

Border Issues: Ulleungdo-Dokdo--> fight over islands with Korea and Japan--> check the history of these islands during the 15th-16th Century

Sea of Japan vs. East Sea issue