ECHO-Korea

The Fourth Day of the 2014 YKAA Summer Camp

It was another enjoyable day on the fourth day of the 2014 YKAA Summer Camp. Teacher Tiger lectured about the day’s theme, “For Peace in East Asia.” The lesson objectives of the day were:

Understand the situation in North Korea today: A Secret State of North Korea.
Gain a vision for a united Korea.
Know the current issues in East Asia and the different perspectives of Korea, Japan and China

The Fifth Day of the 2014 YKAA Summer Camp

The fifth day of the 2014 YKAA Summer Camp was another enjoyable day. Teacher Arirang lectured about the day’s theme, “Review and MUN” The agenda for the day was:

Review the past 150 years of Korean history with a quiz competition and a skit

Make a newspaper describing incidents during the past 150 years of Korean history

Have a mock UN conference

Guest speaker

Teacher Arirang reviewed the material from the past 4 days through a quiz competition. She invited leaders to perform a skit to review the past 150 years history. The leaders acted out various historical events: a Confucian scholar cutting his hair during the Gabo Reform, Empress Myeongseong’s assassination in the Eulmi Incident, and a Japanese representative threatening a Korean officer in the Eulsa Treaty scene.

The Third Day of the 2014 YKAA Summer Camp

The third day of the 2014 YKAA Summer camp was even more fun and exciting. Teacher JeongEum lectured about today’s theme, “Before and After the Korean War.” She reviewed the previous day’s lecture and then talked about the background of Korean War and the situation after the liberation from Japan around Korean peninsula.