In this presentation we provide a brief overview of Korean history and include links and a bibliography for further study of civil rights in Korea.

1. ICSS: March 21,
2014
Kelli Hamilton
Tammy Judkins
Clinton Rosette
Middle School
DeKalb, IL
IN THE BEGINNING: CIVIL
RIGHTS IN KOREA

2. FOLLOW ALONG

3. AGENDA
 Big Question: What are Civil
Rights?: Rights belonging to an
individual by virtue of citizenship
 Why Korea
 Curriculum Mapping Template
 Connections to CCSS
 A Quick Timeline
 Resources

4. 2013 Summer
Fellowship
KOREA
SOCIETY

5. CURRICULUM MAPPING TEMPLATE
Class: Eastern Studies:
Previous Unit:
Current Unit: Civil Rights Next Unit:
Content Standards (1):
State Goal 18.b: Understand the
roles and interactions of individuals
and groups in society.
Literacy Practice (1): Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
Compare and contrast treatment of the same topics in several
primary and secondary sources.
CCWS (1): Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of
substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant
and sufficient evidence.
Essential Questions (2):
1)How does an individual’s rights differ
between North and South Korea?
Anchor Text(s) (3):
Measurable Unit Objectives (4)
1) Students will be able to describe in writing at least three ways
an individual’s rights differ between North and South Korea?
Learning Targets/I Can Statements: (5)
1) I can describe the difference between North and South Korea in
regards to an individual’s right to free speech.
Essential Vocabulary:
Civil Rights
Juche
Instructional Strategies: Assessments Additional Materials:
Technology:

6. A QUICK TIMELINE
Old Chosen
Three Kingdoms
Silla
Aristocracy
Literati
Yangban
New Confucianism
Japanese Rule
38th Parallel Split
North vs. South

7. Walled Towns
Single Large
Confederation
Hallmark of Chinese
Influences
Law Codes:
Murder
Injury
Theft
Adultery
OLD CHOSON
400 B.C. E.

8. Koguryo, Paekche,
Silla
Aristocratic families
 Bone rank – heredity
 Decisions on war,
throne, and religion
Buddhism
 Receptivity to Chinese
culture
 Protection of the state
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD
100 C.E.

9. Gentry
Confucianism
 Political Reform
 Moral Basis
 Distinguished by
Learning
Geomancy
 Fate determined by land
features
SILLA
600 C.E.

10.  Aristocratic Democracy
 Marriage to expand power
 Peasant
population/Government
Position
 Koryo National
University/Rank of Family
Name
 Confucianism Prospered
ARISTOCRACY
1000 C.E.

11. NeoConfucianism
Relationship between
ruler and subject
Rejects Buddhism
 Wealth/Power
 Destructive of family
mores
Aristocracy still in
control
LITERATI
1270 C.E.

12. Confucianism
Dominant Social
Class
Married among
themselves
Civil vs Military
YANGBAN
1400 C.E

13. Colony – August 22,
1910
Full scale repression
 Newspapers prohibited
 Political organizations
disbanded
 Public gatherings
prohibited
Governor General
Absolute Authority
JAPANESE RULE
1910 -1945

14.  New Occupation
 Russia
 United States
 Agrarian vs Capitalism
 Landlords/Tenants
 White-collar professionals
vs factory workers
 Left vs Right
 Students, intellectuals,
workers – redistribution of
wealth
 Property owners and
loyalists – resistant to
social change
38TH PARALLEL SPLIT
1945-1953

15. NORTH VS. SOUTH

16. CCSS CONNECTIONS –
Writing and Speaking
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1
Write arguments to support claims in an
analysis of substantive topics or texts using
valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient
evidence.
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to
examine and convey complex ideas and
information clearly and accurately through the
effective selection, organization, and analysis
of content.
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2
Integrate and evaluate information presented
in diverse media and formats, including
visually, quantitatively, and orally.
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.3
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning,
and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking

17. CCSS CONNECTIONS -
Reading
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the
text says explicitly and to make logical
inferences from it; cite specific textual
evidence when writing or speaking to
support conclusions drawn from the
text.
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
Determine central ideas or themes of a
text and analyze their development;
summarize the key supporting details
and ideas.
 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3
Analyze how and why individuals,
events, or ideas develop and interact
over the course of a text.
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking

18. Bibliography
 Clark, Donald N. Culture and Customs of
Korea, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.
 Cumings, Bruce. Korea’s Place in the Sun, A
Modern History (Updated Edition). New York:
W.W. Norton & Company, 2005.
 Deuchler, Martina. The Confucian
Transformation of Korea: A Study of Society
and Ideology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1995.
 Duus, Peter. The Abacus and the Sword: The
Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of
California Press, 1995.
 Eckert, Carter et al. Korea Old and New: A
History. Seoul, Korea: Harvard University
Press, 1990.
Resources

19.  Eckert, Carter J. Of spring of Empire: The
Koch’ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of
Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945. Seattle:
University of Washington Press, 1991.
 Kang, Hildi. Under the Black Umbrella: Voices
from Colonial Korea, 1910-1945. Ithaca, NY:
Cornell University Press 2005.
 Koo, Hagen ed. State and Society in
Contemporary Korea. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University Press, 1993.
 Lee, Peter H. Sources of Korean Tradition.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
 Lee, Peter H. Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol.
2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth
Centuries New York: Columbia University
Press, 2000.
 Metropolitan Museum of Arts. The Arts of
Korea, A Resource for Educators. New York:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
Resources

20.  Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A
Contemporary History (Revised and Updated
Edition). Basic Books: 2001.
 Peterson, M. and P. Margulies. A Brief History of
Korea. New York: Facts on File, 2009.
Websites
 Water Park: http://io9.com/north-korea-built-a-
candy-colored-dystopian-water-park-
1448055768
 Literacy In History Standards:
http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pls/level1/p
df/ela-standards.pdf
 A Brief History:
http://www.koreasociety.org/cat_view/102-k-
12-teachers/120-by-publication-title/123-brief-
history-of-korea/page-1.html
 Silla and the Silk Road:
http://www.koreasociety.org/cat_view/102-k-
12-teachers/120-by-publication-title/126-silla-
korea-and-the-silk-road/page-1.html
Resources

21. Websites
 Illinois Learning Standards for Social Science:
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/social_science/standa
rds.htm
 Lessons for Social Studies:
http://www.koreasociety.org/cat_view/102-k-12-
teachers/120-by-publication-title/139-korea-lessons-
for-high-school-social-studies/page-2.html
 Korea Society: http://www.koreasociety.org/
 Asia for Educators: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/
Video Links
 Educating North Korea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfOh9eZlOUw
 Secret State of North Korea:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret -
state-of-north-korea/
Presenters
 Tammy Judkins – tjudkins@dist428.org
 Kelli Hamilton - khamilton@dist428.org
Resources