Country: South Korea
These sites are about South Korea’s geography, climate, history, and culture. Learn how to write Korean numbers and words, try a Korean recipe, and view many photographs. Included are eThemes resources on North Korea and the Korean War.
Grades
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- 3,
- 4,
- 5,
- 6
Links
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PBS: Hidden Korea
This site has information about the history, geography, religion, culture, and food of Korea, including recipes. There is information on family life, traditional religion, and the lunar calendar system.
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National Museum of Korea
Take a virtual tour through each section of the National Museum of Korea. Learn about South Korea's rich cultural and historical heritage. Permanent exhibitions of the museum include: Asia Gallery, Sculpture and Crafts Gallery, Donations Gallery, Calligraphy and Painting Gallery, Prehistory and Ancient History Gallery and Medieval and Early Modern History Gallery.
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CIA Factbook: South Korea
This site has lots of facts about South Korea, including information about the economy, government, people, geography, and a map.
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Basic Korean Expressions
Learn some basic korean phrases: hello, good-bye, yes, no, thank you, and more. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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Beginners Lesson One: Learn Hangul
Learn about the basic vowels and consonants in hangul, the Korean language. Start putting sounds together to form syllables, then entire words in hangul. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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Korean Food
See pictures of a variety of different korean dishes divided by category, then click on the name of the dish to be linked to its recipe. NOTE: This site includes pop-up ads.
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Korean Baseball Organization
Learn more about Korea's baseball teams.
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K-Pop: Korean Pop Music Videos
Listen to some of the recently added K-pop videos and see what music kids in South Korea enjoy. NOTE: This site includes ads. NOTE: This site includes links to discussion boards (forums, message boards, etc.)
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Enchanted Learning: South Korea
Here is a map of South Korea that you can print, label, and color.
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Korea Quiz
Test your knowledge about Korea with this online quiz. NOTE: The links at the bottom go to commercial sites. NOTE: This site contains sponsoered links.
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BBC: Country Profile: South Korea
This site contains many quick facts about South Korea, information about the government, and links to the official media sources. There is also a history timeline and an audio file of the National Anthem.
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eThemes Resource: Country: North Korea
These sites are about North Korea's geography, climate, history, and culture. Learn how to write Korean numbers and words, try a Korean recipe, and view many photographs. Included are eThemes resources on South Korea and the Korean War.
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eThemes Resource: Korean War
Here are resources abouth the Korean War. There are maps, timelines, articles, and interviews with Korean War veterans. There are quick facts, audio clips, lesson plans, discussion questions, and many photographs. Included are two eThemes resources on North and South Korea.
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