January 24, 2018 : Say Hello to South Korea

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Create a menu for a Korean restaurant. Look in newspaper ads for stores and restaurants for words and pictures of foods used in Korean cooking. Paste the pictures and words on your menu.

2. Choose a place you’d like to visit in South Korea . In the newspaper, circle words and pictures of clothing and equipment you would take on your trip.

3. Collect news stories about South Korea. Make a fact page about South Korea with information from the stories. Divide a piece of paper into four areas. Label your areas: People, Place, Events and History . Write your facts in the appropriate box.

4. How are these important to South Korea: (a) Seoul, (b ) chopsticks, (c) Olympic Games and (d) education?

5. Research information about the governments and lifestyles of people in North and South Korea. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the two Koreas.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students understand how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. (Geography)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)