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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Inter Korean Competition, 61 70

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of documents tracks inter-Korean relations from the time of the Park Chung Hee coup in 1961 through the opening of the inter-Korean dialogue in 1970.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Inter Korean Relations After the War

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection presents documents on inter-Korean relations from the end of the Korean War through the Park Chung Hee military coup.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Demise of Detente in Korea, 1973 1975

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of documents about the end of the inter-Korean dialogue, and the demise of detente on the Korean Peninsula after the signing of the historic July 4th, 1972, Joint Communique.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: One Party

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center Digital Archives: Cold War History

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a historical survey of the cold war by using documents. Explores the documents through an interactive site as a pathway through history.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: East Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
The complex and powerful states, dynasties, and civilizations that emerged in East Asia were strongly influenced by the environments in which they prospered. This article discusses the geographic features of China, Korea, and Japan.
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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea. On it, you can visit current exhibitions and, in the Online Museum section, view a wide selection of Artist Talks.
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Buddha Dharma Education Association

Buddha Net: Mahayana Buddhism

For Students 9th - 10th
A Buddhanet page with links to information on the different countries where the practice of Mahayana Buddhism is practices, namely Tibet, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Japan, and Indonesia.
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PBS

Pbs: Korea History

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient history of Korea is explained here at this site from PBS. Country relationships between China and Japan and included.
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Other

The Korea Herald: Main Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from The Korea Herald and it provides all of the recent updates and facts dealing with life in Korea. A good site to keep updated on Korea, and the information is in English.
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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College: Sino Japanese War

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the course of historical events through a series of letters among European powers! These English translations of primary source documents from German diplomatic archives concern the intervention of the European powers by forcing...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: President Kim Dae Jung

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a transcript from an interview with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. Mainly discusses relations with North Korea.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Korea at the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Until 1991, the United Nations was a key battleground in the inter-Korean struggle for legitimacy and global recognition. View primary source documents which give evidence for these events.
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Other

Asia Education Foundation: For Students

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website from Curriculum Corporation provides a link to a virtual tour of Korea. Also, learn some Korean words and numbers, among other activities.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: On American Intervention in Korea, 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
The Modern History Sourcebook offers a very interesting primary source that presents the Soviet position of the beginning of the Korean War. A great resource for comparing US/USSR claims about the origins of the Korean War.
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Other

South Korea News

For Students 9th - 10th
South Korea News is an internet news source serving the country of South Korea. The top headlines are aggregated here.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Portrait of Sin Sukju

For Students 9th - 10th
"Portrait of Sin Sukju" reflected both the honor that Sin Sukju brought to his lineage as a meritorious official in Korea as well as Confucian beliefs about the afterlife. View the portrait and read about the person it commemorated.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Korean War

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the first hot war in the Cold War: Korea.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Asia?

For Students 9th - 10th
"Asia" is a term invented by the Greeks and Romans, and developed by Western geographers to indicate the land mass east of the Ural Mountains and Ural River, together with offshore islands such as Japan and Java. Culturally, no "Asia"...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Korea

For Students 9th - 10th
Korea is a mountainous peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides. It shares its northern borders with China and Russia, and its closest southern neighbor is Japan, which lies across a narrow strait. The Korean peninsula measures...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gold and Jade Crown, Silla Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
All that glitters was gold in ancient Korea. The Silla Kingdom was described as a country of gold based on their crowns adorned with gold and jade. View pictures and read about the importance of gold in politics and religion in the Silla...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: A Brief History of Taekwondo

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a variety of maps, pictures, and some history about Taekwondo and its spread throughout Korea.
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Other

General Taekwondo Information: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Some people believe that Taekwondo may have dated as far back as 50 b.c. Since there are so few records, it is hard to be sure exactly when it started. This site provides a historical background for this martial art.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: National Geographic Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] How much do you know about the world around us? Questions provided by National Geographic Survey. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/findings.html