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The focus of the 2013 Spring Conference was how best to teach Korean History to English Language Learners. Dr. Charles Armstrong, Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University began the day with a history lesson on the Korean War. Dr. Jin Young Choi, Professor Emeritus of JungAng University, then lectured on using works of literature to teach about people’s lives during and after the Korean War. Dr. Hyunjoo Kwon, a research specialist at New York University, also lectured on ways to meet Core Curriculum standards through Korean poetry, calligraphy, and literature. Educator Evan Hsieh, provided fellow teachers with not only a collection of first hand narratives from Korean War survivors but also English and Korean language resources.