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 dddddddddddddddddddddxxxxxxxddddddddddddddd **The Korean War** with: Wooyoung Hong  Wooyoung Hong, now a grandfather to five, just graduated school and began a teaching career when the tragedy of the [|Korean War] struck in 1950. Following his parents’ early passing, he moved back from China after getting a degree and took the role as the head of the family; managing a job as a school teacher while still taking care of his brother and two sisters. His education and ability to translate between Korean, basic English, and Chinese along with a bit of luck allowed his family to stay together through this horrific event. His answers to this interview have been translated for the purpose of the article. He lowered the volume on the Korean drama and began with a simple, yet strong statement, "we got lucky." As the interview began, he sat upright in his chair with poise and a look of wisdom (More like he was telling a life lesson than an interv iew of the past). After the war reached Seoul, the government bombed the one bridge that connected Seoul to the rest of Southern Korea. His house was located a couple miles south of the bridge and they needed to immediately evacuate once hearing the bombings. "We took what we could; some clothes, a blanket or two, and rice." He took a pause before chuckling and said, "but... we forgot a pot to cook the rice in and had to keep borrowing others’." They walked day and night until they reached Yongju, but "for my family there was no sense of fear it was just something we all had to," he said with a look of thanks. They were able to board a train that took them all the way down to Busan, the southernmost city of Korea. The government didn't know what to do because they couldn't tell who was from the North and who was from the South and began holding everyone in [|makeshift prisons]; schoolyards with some barbed wire fences surrounding them.

As we progressed with the interview I thought by now he would show some sense of sadness or despair thinking about this ordeal, but to my surprise he showed very little emotion and sounded more like an after-school special reporter; simply stating what happened. I was curious and decided to ask him about it. With a confused look he tried to find the right words, “This isn’t something I talk about often and doesn’t sadden me because everything turned out fine and no one close to me was hurt nor were any of them badly affected. Unlike the current policy in Korea, there was no conscription and, "no one directly related to myself was involved militarily," he said with an expression of relief. When I asked how he survived financially, he explained, "I was a paid employee of the UN and translated for the soldiers along with helped ship medical supplies." - another stroke of luck.

I knew there had to be some hardships along the way and asked him to think hard into the past. He kept tapping his finger on the table and looking up with only the low humming of the television in the back ground. But then his eyes lit up as his body shivered for a split second, "there was ONE time when we were evacuating south, there was only room in the truck for myself and my three siblings, so I had to sit in the back in the open air. It was winter, snowing, and we were going around 60 mph. I couldn’t feel my fingers and toes for a week.” Even while talking about this, his body position remained unchanged but he began rubbing his aging hands as if to try and warm them. About a year later he returned to what once was his home, only to find it ransacked and destroyed like all the other property. “As soon as we arrived back home, the government forced us to evacuate once again just in case [|Macarthur and the Americans] couldn’t hold the North Koreans off, and I again traveled back down to Busan,” he said while pointing his way down a map showing [|the route that they took](the first time he moved from his original position). “We stayed safe and lived a content life in Busan and decided to continue living there even after the war had ended.” He was right – they got lucky.

In the end, things worked out for Wooyoung Hong and his family. He found his wife and married her in Busan a year after the Korean War had come to an armistice. He raised the volume of the television after emphasizing his stand on his past, "it's simply a [|past event]; a story to tell my grandchildren."

Audio: An [|interview] with a soldier who fought was in the midst of the fighting during the Korean war.

Video: media type="youtube" key="XAFhvyFteqs" height="344" width="425" A short clip describing the southern migration of civilians and military.

__**1984 Lesson Plans**__

 * Title of Lesson:** The trend towards 1984

a) How throughout time, the US is becoming more and more like 1984
 * What the students understand when they finish your lesson with you:**

-Discussion
 * Main Standard:**
 * 1) Support a position integrating multiple perspectives
 * 2) Support, modify, or refute a position in small or large group discussion
 * 3) Assume leadership roles in student-directed discussions, projects, and forums
 * 4) Summarize and evaluate tentative conclusions and take the initiative in moving discussions to the next stage.

a) Laptop b) Movie clip (V for Vendetta) c) Movie clip (1984) d) Book
 * Materials:**

- show a clip from V for Vendetta o (right before V enters the new studio) o The anchors say, “We don’t fabricate the news the ” - Show a clip from 1984 o When the telescreen tells people the chocolate rations are going up from 20 to 25 and people cheer.
 * Opening:**

-Discuss how the government in 1984 places so many rules and restrictions on the people's lives -Briefly talk about how the US might be edging towards this kind of control -Ask the students to respond to some questions (handout) -Is the US government capable of taking over -[|Patriot Act] and talk how it might be more like 1984 -In 1984 they used euphemisms to cover up the bad conditions: Victory Mansion -Patriot Act is a euphemism used for the government to invade our privacy. -Students will find other acts or actions of the US government to show the trend towards 1984.
 * Middle:**

-everyone shares their findings and discuss if the US could crumble into a dystopia.
 * Closing:**

media type="youtube" key="jbfxhdNpLFs" height="344" width="425" (from V for Vendetta) media type="youtube" key="eVOW3nfNF5I" height="295" width="480"(from 1984)

__**1984 Lesson Plans (part 2)**__

 * Title of Lesson:** Covering Up The Truth

a) The people with power (winner) writes history the way they saw it.
 * What the students understand when they finish your lesson with you:**


 * Main Standard:**

A. Constructing Meaning from Media

 * 1) Understand that messages are representations of social reality and vary by historic time periods and parts of the world.

a) Laptop b) Handout
 * Materials:**

-Show a clip of 1984 (where Watson must rewrite history all week before the hate week begins)
 * Opening:**

-We will discuss how history can be perceived differently based on if you ask one side of the situation or the other. -Is the government hiding the truth from the people through the use of media? (discussion) -Students will find sources on the internet of instances where the truth was rewritten by the "winners" and what the "loser" says about the situation.
 * Middle:**
 * How this relates to 1984 and how it relates to modern day
 * [|Handout]
 * [|Sample]

-everyone share their findings and discuss as a group. (relate back to the middle question with more proof through these findings)
 * Closing:**

__**1984 Lesson Plans (part 3)**__

 * Title of Lesson:** The Best Form of Persuasion?

a) Is the use of torturous persuasion necessary to sway the mind of Winston? b) Are these methods still used today? or have they been deemed too cruel to be used on humans?
 * What the students understand when they finish your lesson with you:**


 * Main Standard:**

A. Discussion

 * 1) [|Support a position integrating multiple perspectives.]
 * 2) [|Support, modify, or refute a position in small or large-group discussions.]

a) Laptop b) Handout
 * Materials:**

media type="youtube" key="P1JwVGZO6LY" height="344" width="425" media type="youtube" key="1eYx46wbju0" height="295" width="480"
 * Opening:**

Analysis: -We will discuss how torture is evil in 1984 but in 24, it is accepted as the hero doing his job? Discussion: -Would Winston have been transformed and fully "cleansed" of his rebellious intentions if it was not for the torture? Why or why not? -Do you agree with the video that many tv shows especially 24 are getting too violent and showing torture in a nonchalant manner? -When is it ok to go as far as torture? The geneva convention states that it is illegal to torture a prisoner but under what circumstances is it allowed? [|Handout*] -Everyone share their drawings and explain what awaits them in room 101.
 * Middle:**
 * Closing:**