April 26, 2007

This half-day program helped 31 educators from the Social Studies Supervisors Association of New York learn to incorporate Korea into their social studies curriculum. Marjorie Bingham, adjunct faculty member (retired) at Hamline University, presented a talk entitled “Ancient Korea and the Silk Road,” integrating ancient Korean history into the Silk Road curriculum mandated by the New York City Social Studies Standards. Patricia Rosof, educational consultant for The Korea Society, reinforced Bingham’s lecture points with her presentation, “Bringing Korea into the History Curriculum.” Rosof emphasized lesson plans on international relations between Korea and Japan as essential to the social studies curriculum, especially in relation to WWII, the Korean War, U.S.-Korea relations and North-South relations. Daniel Levine, consultant for the development of The Korea Society’s online educational materials, outlined the resources, including lesson plans, textbooks and podcasts, available for free to educators on www.koreak12.org.