Military and Civilian Military and Civilian Cost of the Korean Cost of the Korean

WarWar

Remembering the Remembering the Forgotten WarForgotten War

Video ActivityVideo Activity

From the video, what were some of the challenges faced by the American soldiers?

Why do you think the Korean War is often referred to as the Forgotten War?

Challenges Faced By Challenges Faced By AmericansAmericans

Harsh weather conditions – treacherous cold and blinding snow-storms.

Chinese soldiers had advantage as they were more familiar with fighting in jagged mountains and forested ravines.

Casualties in the Casualties in the Korean WarKorean War

This young woman was killed moments before, doubtless by stray or inadvertant fire from advancing UN forces, as she struggled through soaking brush, desperately seeking safety for her small family.

Hair still neatly parted, she lies where she fell backwards into an irrigation ditch. Her arms, no longer able to hold and protect, thrown wide in death.

It is inescapable

that the terrible

fate of the South

Korean capital

and many villages

is the outcome

of a new

technique of

machine warfare.

The slightest

resistance

bought down a

deluge of

destruction,

blotting out the

area. Few people

can have suffered

so terrible a

liberation.

Task: Remembering the Task: Remembering the Forgotten WarForgotten War

Task: Create a Glog [Interactive poster] to remember the soldiers and civilians of the Korean War.

[20 MINS]

Things to include:

- Write up on the warCan include, diary entries, account of veterans, civilian accounts of the war

- Pictures

- Videos

Task: Remembering the Task: Remembering the Forgotten WarForgotten War

In your groups, each member is to assume one of the roles:

- Editor: In charge of putting together everything, the design of the glog, Vetting the content [Use the editor account to create the glog]

- Journalist: In charge of the text.

- Photographer: In charge of the photos

- Videojournalist: In charge of finding Videos

PUBLISH glog and post link under comment of today’s post Grp Member Name _ [link]

Some SitesSome Sites

http://www.kwva.org/

http://historymartinez.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/interview-of-james-walsh-korean-war-veterans-history-project-primary-source-interviewmemoir/

http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/branch_accounts/marine/p_hungnam_evacuation.htm

EvaluationEvaluation

Military Group 1 evaluate Civilian Group 1 and vice versa.

Military Group 2 evaluate Civilian Group 2 and vice versa.

Use the rubrics to evaluate and leave a comment under the Glog

- Marks [Excellent, Good, Average…]

- Remarks on the Glog