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.

After, some leaders reexamined the controversial issues in East Asian countries and gave directions on the mock UN conference.

Following the lecture, the campers divided into four groups and each group created a newspaper about a historical event.

A snack break followed with Cup Ramyeon and Kimbap.
The second activity was the mock UN conference panel about Dokdo. Each team represented one of four countries: ROK, USA, China and Japan. The groups researched each country’s position on Dokdo and prepared a discussion.

At 4pm all campers, teachers, guests and parents got together in the assembly room. A camp slide show was shown and all participants waved a Tageukgi and shouted “Long Live Korea!!!” three times in celebrating the 69th Independence Day of Korea. The guest speaker, Consul General Han Dong-man, lectured about the Vision for Korea-U.S. Relations.

In the mock conference, each camper posed as a representative of one of the four countries and presented each countries' stance on Dokdo. The mock panel exposed the campers to other countries' opinions about Dokdo, how they differ from Korea’s, and how to respond to these different ideas.