Activity 1 - What was the impact on Korea?

  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slides 1-10 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on the Korean peninsula. 
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the two Koreas - ROK and DPRK. Use the Lesson Presentation and the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize.
    2. KOREAN WAR: EFFECTS OF ARMISTICE 60 YEARS ON
    3. Aftermath of the Korean War
    4. The Legacy - Korean War Legacy
    5. North Korea - THE POST-WAR ECONOMY 
    6. North Korea in the 1950s: The Korean Journal of International Studies, 2 
    7. The Destruction and Reconstruction of North Korea, 1950 - 1960
    8. The War’s Impact on the Korean Peninsula
    9. Li, X. (2017). The Cold War in East Asia, pp. 90-92
  3. Explore - Explore this website about relations between the ROK and DPRK since the Korean War. What does it suggest about the legacy of the Korean War for relations between North and South Korea?

Activity 2 - What was the impact on China?

  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slide 11 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on China.
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the People’s Republic of China. Use the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize
    2. Korean War worth the cost for China 
    3. China's Korean war veterans still waiting for answers
    4. ‘The War to Resist America’: How China Remembers
    5. The time China fought America to a standstill 
    6. Chi-kwan, M. (2012). China and the World since 1945, pp. 27-30
    7. Spence, J.D. (1990). The Search for Modern China, pp. 530-533
  3. Discuss - Examine this SCMP article about China and the Korean War. What does the article reveal about the impact of the Korean War on China?

Activity 3 - What was the impact on USSR?

  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slide 12 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on the USSR.
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the USSR. Use the Lesson Presentation and the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize
    2. Soviet Union in the Korean War 
    3. The Impact of the Korean War on the Cold War
  3. Discuss - Read the abstract to this journal article. What does the impact of the Korean War reveal about the global nature of the Cold War?

Activity 4 - What was the impact on the US?

  1. Examine - Explore and make notes from Slides 13-15 of the Lesson Presentation on the impact of the Korean War on the USA.
  2. Research - Complete the relevant sections on this worksheet by researching the impact of the Korean War on the USA. Use the Lesson Presentation and the following resources to help you research:
    1. The Korean War - BBC Bitesize
    2. What We Learned From the Korean War 
    3. Perspective | The toxic legacy of the Korean War 
    4. The Impact of the Korean War on the Cold War
    5. The Wrong War - The Soviets and the Korean War
  3. Discuss - Consider the overall impact of the war from President Truman’s perspective. Which of the outcomes were intended, and which were unintended? What can Truman actually take credit for?
OBLIGATORY READING
  1. Malkasian, C. (2001). Osprey Essential Histories: The Korean War 1950-1953, pp. 71-74
RECOMMENDED READING
  1. Seth, M.J. (2009). A Concise History of Modern Korea: From the late nineteenth century to the present, pp. 117-147 (DPRK), 149-178 (ROK)
SUPPLEMENTAL READING
  1. Pratt, K. (2017). Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea, pp. 264-307
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