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Activity
CBS

Cbs News: Mapping Brinksmanship

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the missile and nuclear programs in North Korea. Provides an interactive map which allows the user to click on each icon to get information about each different weapon or response from the world. (2008)
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: A Nuclear North Korea?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through the use of videos, this lesson plan explores the consequences for the United States and the world of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: North Korea: Nuclear Standoff

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer this site is updated with the most recent news stories related to North Korea's nuclear standoff with the international community. Also offer links to lesson plans, maps, and an archive of related...
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Website
New York Times

New York Times: North Korea's Nuclear Program News

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a concise overview and current state of North Korea's Nuclear Program in addition to links to related articles that date back to 1989. A timeline of the North Korean Challenge is also...
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: North Korean Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents that explore North Korea's nuclear history.
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: North Korea and Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This two-part lesson explores a range of contrasting policy options and is designed to engage young scholars in consideration of this important international issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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Website
CNN

Cnn: Timeline: N. Korea Nuclear Dispute

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief timeline that shows the history of the nuclear dispute that North Korea has had with the world between 1993 and 2007.
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PPT
New York Times

New York Times: Nuclear Collision Course

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive slide show that discusses the growing escalation in tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world. Gives video, audio, and images about the greatest nuclear threat to the world since the end of the Cold War. (17...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Un Approves North Korean Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
A July 9, 2007 news report detailing the United Nations approval for the return of UN nuclear inspectors to North Korea to observe the closing of a controversial North Korean reactor.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Un Confirms N Korea Nuclear Halt

For Students 9th - 10th
A short news article from July 16, 2007 describing the shut down of North Korea's controversial nuclear reactor and the terms of agreement leading to the shut down. Also provides links to earlier news stories, video, timeline, and...
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Article
Other

World Press Review: North Korea's Nuclear Threat

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a summary of different newspaper articles from places such as Seoul, Tokyo, New Delhi, Berlin etc. on the issue of nuclear weapons in North Korea in 2002.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Social Responsibility: Teachable Moment: North Korea

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides case studies, discussion questions, and a group activity about the on-going crisis between the United States and North Korea. Young scholars will learn about all of the treaties and compromises made over the past...
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Website
CNN

Cnn: N. Korea Nuclear Tension: N. Korea 'In Final Uranium Enrichment Stage'

For Students 9th - 10th
North Korea's state-run news agency announced that the country is in the final uranium enrichment stage. What could this mean? Possible sanctions by U.N? Threat posed by North Korea in possession of nuclear weapons? (09/03/09)