North & South Korea

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Conversation Hour’s Topic Topic: North Korea & South Korea. 6 pages minimum ! Materials to Prepare. (Realia, pictures, etc.) 4 pictures for initial eliciting. North Korea map – for reference regarding geographical features. Pages 11 & 12. Page 13. Main Skill/ Skill Objective Lesson Objective. Language & culture focus. (Quote, grammar, vocab, idiom, etc.) Understanding North Korean culture and citizens. Vocabulary: Defecting, immigration, propaganda, reunion, cold war, assimmilation antonyms. Page 5 & 6. Page 8 Intro & general chat, icebreaker, Basic North Korea and South Korea comparison. Page 3, 4, 5, 6. Reading: (Article, book page, pamphlet, etc.) ‘Divided families from North, South Korea meet after six decades.’ Page 7 Multimedia: (Movie, TV Show, Song, Web site, You Tube). North Korea myths and North Korea facts – You Tube clips. Page 9 Task-Based element: (Role play, Debate etc.) N/A Page - Writing: (Letter, North Korea myths and North Korea Page 9 ~ 1 ~

Transcript of North & South Korea

Conversation Hour’s TopicTopic: North Korea & South

Korea.6 pages minimu

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Materials to Prepare. (Realia, pictures, etc.)

4 pictures for initial eliciting.North Korea map – for reference regarding geographical features.

Pages 11 & 12.Page 13.

Main Skill/ Skill ObjectiveLesson Objective.Language & culture focus.(Quote, grammar, vocab, idiom, etc.)

Understanding North Korean culture and citizens.

Vocabulary: Defecting, immigration, propaganda, reunion, cold war, assimmilation antonyms.

Page 5 & 6.

Page 8

Intro & general chat, icebreaker,

Basic North Korea and South Korea comparison.

Page 3, 4, 5, 6.

Reading: (Article, book page, pamphlet, etc.)

‘Divided families from North, South Korea meet after six decades.’

Page 7

Multimedia: (Movie, TV Show, Song, Web site, You Tube).

North Korea myths and North Korea facts – You Tube clips.

Page 9

Task-Based element:(Role play, Debate etc.)

N/A Page -

Writing: (Letter, Journal, etc.)

North Korea myths and North Korea facts – You Tube clips.What would you like to ask a North Korean?

Page 9Page 10.

Game: (Joke, riddle, tongue twister, cartoon, etc.)

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Touch of philosophy. N/A

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Konglish element.Aust. Slang.

N/A

Very Important!!Teacher, you must check for updates, recent released information, recent

(better) pictures etc., on ALL conversation topics, and make changes where necessary, before printing.

Interaction

Procedure Time

T < > S

S < > S

S < > T

T > S

S > T

(Brief detail of the procedure onto 1 or 2 pages only).

Review aspects of last meeting.

Set homework for next meeting.

5 min

References(May include references)

www.iteslj.org/questionshttp://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/

nkorea.skorea.reunions/

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North Korea & South Korea

1. How close to North Korea have you been?

Would you like to visit North Korea?

2. What do you know about North Korean and South Korean history?

How similar are the two countries?

3. What do you know about North Korea? What is truth, what is gossip, what is propaganda, and what is

myth? Do you think the starving people claim in North Korea is a true

fact?

4. What do you know about the geography of North Korea?

Its mountains, rivers, cities, landmarks, lakes, cultural events / festivals?

5. What are some good things and some bad things about North Korea?

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What are some good things and some bad things about South Korea?

o What elements are against human rights? E.g. Over worked & under paid employees.

6. Why isn’t North Korea as rich and as developed as South Korea?

7. Does North Korea and South Korea have good political relations? Does North Korea and South Korea

assist each other economically? Does South Korea have businesses in

North Korea?o What businesses and industries are

there?o Do the business owner’s provide

good conditions for its workers?

North Korea & South Korea

1. Why are there two separate countries of Korea? What do you know of the Korean War? Whose interests lay on the land at the time? Was it really Korea’s war?

o Or was Korea merely a battle ground for the other major players in the game?

o What was the Cold War in 1950/’53?

2. From 1948, what do you think of the leaders of each respective country?

Challenge: Can you name a good thing and a bad thing

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about each leader?

Kim Il Sung (1948 – 1994)

Rhee Syng-Man (1948 – 1960)

Yun Posun (1960 – 1962)

Park Chung-Hee (1962 – 1979)

Choi Kyu-Hah (1979 – 1980)

Chun Doo-Hwan (1980 – 1988)

Roh Tae-Woo (1988 – 1993)

Kim Jong Il (1994 – 2011)

Kim Young-Sam (1993 – 1998)

Kim Dae-Jung (1998 – 2003)

Roh Moo-Hyun (2003 – 2008)

Kim Jong Un (2011 – present)

Lee Myung-Bak (2008 – 2013)

Park Geun-Hye (2013 – present)

3. Do North Korea and South Korea have good relations in other areas?

Such as in: Sport, the Arts, Film, Olympics, DMZ, Family relations and family reunions, the islands, share the same music, share a festival, Asian Games?

4. What is the atmosphere like when North Korea and South Korea play soccer?

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North Korea & South Korea

1. Who are some famous North Korean and some famous South Korean celebrities?

Do you know of any famous North Korean pop singers or movie stars or athletes?

Do you know of any famous Japanese pop singers or movie stars? Do you know of any famous Chinese pop singers or movie stars?

2. Let’s talk about the North Korea culture:

What things do you have and do that a North Korean doesn’t have or do?

Hiking. McDonalds. All night TV.

Pollution & litter.

Marijuana.

Beer & chicken.

Starbucks. All lights night.

Traffic congestion

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American military

occupation.

What is a North Korean ….?Popular sport. Popular tourist

landmarks.Famous authors.

Country dish. Amusement parks. Literature.

Popular music. Local alcoholic drink.

Biggest Industry & biggest export.

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Han Jong Sim

Museums & galleries.

Movies, TV shows. Popular leisure activities.

3. What happens in South Korea if you’re caught speeding or drink driving?

What happens in America if you’re caught speeding or drink driving?

What happens in Australia if you’re caught speeding or drink driving?

What happens in North Korea if you’re caught speeding or drink driving?

North Korea & South Korean: Families

1. What do you think about the fact that North and South Korean families have not contacted each other for decades?

That includes they cannot write to, or telephone each other, or see each other.

2. If you could not contact your family members, how would you feel?

What is the longest you have been away from your family? Even while overseas on vacation, how soon do you contact your

family?

3. Defectors have been coming from North Korea; why do you think they are defecting?

Some people have defected to North Korea; what do you think about that?

What happens to defectors

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after they have arrived in South Korea?o Is assimilation easy for them?o What sorts of problems would they face?

What happens to defectors if they are returned to North Korea? How good is life for a defector in China? Easy or difficult? What is significant about Yalu River on the Chinese and North

Korean border?

4. People are leaving South Korea permanently – why do you think they are leaving?

Are you planning on leaving South Korea?

What preparations do you need to make?

Why are you leaving? Who is going with you?

5. What do you think North Korea and South Korea will be like in 10 years?

Divided families from North, South Korea meet after six decadesBy Andrew Salmon, For CNN October 31, 2010

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Relatives divided since 1953 reunited for the first time Saturday at a South Korean-built tourism resort in North Korea amid tensions between the two sides.

Elderly men in suits and women in traditional Korean silk hanbok dresses sat at numbered tables in a large restaurant. Many burst into tears; some sat, spoke and exchanged photographs; others simply looked bewildered as they clutched hands and stared into faces unseen for six decades. The relatives have been separated since the 1950-53 Korean War.

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North Korean Kim Ho-Sook, right, 83, meets her South Korean brother Kim Ho-Dae during a family reunion after being separated for 60 years on Saturday in Mount Kumgang, North Korea.

"We have held a memorial service for you every year," South Korean Yi Jong-sool told his North Korean elder brother, Yi Jong-ryeol, 90. "I can't believe you are alive." The oldest of the South Koreans, Kim Lye-jong, 96, bear-hugged her North Korean daughter, Woo Jong-hye, 71. Goh Yoon-sob, 81, from North Korea met his son Koh Bae-il, 63, from the South; the two were separated when the son was three years old. The men clutched hands and exchanged photographs. The son appeared speechless as his father spoke to him. "Our mother was waiting for you, but she died last year," South Korean Yi Yun told his older brother Yi Hwa-chun, 81. "If only she had lived one more year ..." Kang Kyung-won, 79, from North Korea sat across from his younger sister Kang Byong-sun from the South. She dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief unable to speak.

There were some remarkable stories. Four South Korean soldiers, initially believed killed in action in North Korea, were alive. They met their family members from the South.

Some 436 South Koreans, ranging in age from 12 to 96, met 97 family members from North Korea. But some planned reunions did not go ahead; some relatives had died in the past few days, while others were too ill or fragile to attend. The meetings, which stretch over three days, will be bittersweet; the chances of any of the divided family members meeting again are slim.

1. Politically, what can be done to reunite families?2. Do you know of anyone who was separated from their family

during the Korean War?3. Why are the meetings bittersweet?4. Why might future meetings be slim?5. What would it be like to meet a family member you haven’t

seen for decades?6. Are there activist groups campaigning for family reunions?7. Do you know of any families that are contacting each other un-

officially? Cell phones.North Korean Language

FocusAntonym Focus

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On either side of the border, some words mean something different depending on which side of the border you’re sitting.

Match the words on the left with their antonym.Assimilation PeaceImmigration Patriot – ist.Propaganda Alienation ~

Isolation.Reunion VacationCold War Break-up

Defect - ing Truth

1. Complete each sentence with a word from the left box.2. And then create a whole new sentence using its antonym.

1. I don’t like to read about immigration to Australia; it only makes me jealous.

Antonym: _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. In Ben Elton’s book ‘Past Mortem‘, a school reunion is held in order to capture a serial killer.

Antonym: _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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_______________________________. North Korean Facts & Myths

10 North Korean facts, and 10 North Korean myths.

Type in the title and write down the myths and facts as you hear them.

Search 10 North Korean Myths

10 North Korean Facts

10 Myths 10 Facts1.2.3.4.

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1. Which facts and myths had you heard about before?2. Which facts were quite surprising and astonishing to find out

about?3. Did you know about the marijuana use in North Korea?4. On average, how tall is North Korean soldier? What might

contribute to their height?5. What is former-NBA star Dennis Rodman’s, connection to

North Korea?6. What other facts and myths do you know that are not listed

above?Writing: Free Form.What would you like to ask a North Korean person about North Korea?And then explain why you would ask such a question.

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North & South Korea1 - sensitive topic - general chat2 - DMZ article - preserved nature3 - language focus4 - You tube NK movies - life for NK5 - myths & facts6 - the interview - Kim Jung un chat7 - Kim Jung un article8 - language focus9 - reunification article10 - writing - North Korean life citizen your view 11 - article - defectors12 - article – 

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