2012 Young Korean American Academy Workshop III

Date: August 25, 2012, 1:00-5:00 pm

Theme:  Korea Today

Goal

• Learn Korean History and Culture
• Build Leadership and Teamwork
• Feel Pride in Your Korean Heritage

Daily Schedule

• Teacher Reports to Every Workshop 10:00 am
• Teacher Meeting and Class Preparation 10:00 am-12:00 pm
• Introduction 1:00 pm-1:30pm
• Parent Orientation (Opening Day Only) 1:20 pm-1:50 pm
• Teacher Presentation 1:30 pm-2:10 pm
• Practice (Student Activities) 2:20 pm-3:30 pm
• Product (Evaluation & Assignment) 3:40 pm-4:30 pm
• Student Dismissed 4:30 pm
• Closing Day Ceremony (August 25th) 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Curriculum and Contents

Introduction (1:00-1:30 pm)

1. Preview Questions

①   What are your thoughts and images about North Korea? 

②   Have you ever heard about Dokdo(독도)? If so, tell me what you know about Dokdo.

③   What are the major industries in (South) Korea?

Teacher Presentation (1:30-2:10 pm)

1. Liberation from Japan
2. What happened in the world and in Korea after World War II
3. The process of establishment of ROK government: General Electionà Enactment of the Constitution à Establishment of ROK government
4. Korean War
5. Samaeul Movement: diligent, self-relance, cooperation
6. Proud Korea: #13 in the world economy, 1988 Seoul Olympic, 2002 World Cup, 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic, The Han Wave
7. Famous People: Ban Ki-moon, Kim Dae-jung, Jim Yong Kim, Gang Young-woo, Horold Koh, Kang Seong-mo
8. Reunification
9. Dokdo
10. Quiz Game

Practice (2:20-3:30 pm)

1. Find answers for the preview questions
2. Make Amazing Korea time capsule: Write a message on a time capsule and collect all messages in a small jar.  
3. One-minute Speech : “When I was proud of being a Korean-American”
4. Balloon Design for Dokdo advertisement
5. Korean-American Job Fair

Product (Evaluation and Assignment) (3:30-4:30 pm)

1. Job-Fair Booth Presentation
2. Fill up the evaluation sheet

 Han-Style Presentation

Closing Ceremony

1. Certification
2. Announcement of Fall History Fair: Oct. 27, 2012
3. Send up balloons written Dokdo Statements

Quiz Show