The Korean war (SL + HL topic)
'If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow one [place] after another' - Truman
An overview chapter on the conflict to aid revision
| korea_book_scan_cold_war_conflicts.pdf |
Here are a list of activities which can be completed using the book scan above. These are useful for HL students particularly, but can be done by SL students as extension material.
| korea_book_scan_activity_1.docx |
| book_scan_activity_2.docx |
| book_scan_activity_3.docx |
| book_scan_activity_4.docx |
| korea.pptx |
Watch the video above which is the opening of a 70s sitcom called M*A*S*H. From this clip answer the following questions:
1. What can you assume was one role for Americans in the Korean War?
2. What other pieces of information about the Korean War can you glean from this clip?
1. What can you assume was one role for Americans in the Korean War?
2. What other pieces of information about the Korean War can you glean from this clip?
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| textbook.pdf |
Write a biased newspaper article about the Korean War from one of the assigned point of views below (about 300-400 words)
Think about whether ideology or balance of power dominates your point of view
Format it as a newspaper article. Read each others.
- McCarthyism
- Atomic Bomb 1945-49
- Kim Il Sung (N) Korea
- Stalin
- Mao
- USA (write as President, Secretary of State, MacArthur)
- Korea during the war (could be written objectively or as South Korean leader
- Background on the Korean peninsula
- Globalisation of Cold War
- Aims/ ideology/ objectives
- Military Arms Race/ mutually assured destruction/ Proxy War
- Alliance Systems- spheres of influence/ Role of UN
- Domestic Politics/ policy
Think about whether ideology or balance of power dominates your point of view
Format it as a newspaper article. Read each others.
Once you have done the activities, watch the video and use it and the other knowledge gained to answer the following questions:
- To what extent was the outbreak of the Korean War due to Cold War tensions?
- Why did the Chinese become involved but not the Soviets?
- What was the impact of the Korean War on the development of the Cold War?
This reading offers a valuable overview, especially of impact and suggestions for essay structure for SL
| osc_scan_for_korea.pdf |