Title Culture Lesson

Subject Area(s) Intro to English Language Learning

Grade Level 14th Grade

Summary of the The culture of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and
Lesson its education system will be analyzed.
Standards: (as Standard - CC.8.5.6-8.B
applicable)
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or
  secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
PA Standards distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
   
Standard - CC.8.6.6-8.E
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish
writing and present the relationships between information and
ideas clearly and efficiently.
Standard - 8.4.3.A
Identify the elements of culture and ethnicity.
 
Essential What are the innerworkings of North Korea? What is its
Questions education system? How do politics influence these things?
 
Objectives Students will grasp North Korean history and culture, and be
able to point to the causes of its conditions and systems.
 
Vocabulary: Juche, Marxism-Leninism, Kim Jung Un, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jung
  Il 
Estimated Time 25 minutes
 
 
Materials PowerPoint and songs
Required
 
Procedure  
 BEFORE (Day 1 and Day 2)
 KWL (K and W)
 Introduce students to the vocabulary to be used
(the repetitive exposure of the same words to support
learning and the usage of graphic organizers to define new
words)
 State objectives
 Informal “what do you already know”
 
 
 DURING (Instructional Methods/Learning
Activities):
  Song analysis
 Breakdown of data relating to North Korean
wellness and society
 Dissecting the North Korean education system  
 AFTER
 -KWL ( and what they have learned)
 
 
 
Formative KWL
Assessment Participation in discussion
Student Songs, PowerPoint
Resources
 
Accommodations Students who are uncomfortable speaking in class discussion
can contribute to research and discussion in small groups, not
required to participate in whole-class discussion