Teaching Difficult Knowledge of the Korean War through International Children’s Literature

Teaching Difficult Knowledge of the Korean War through International Children’s Literature

  1. Social Studies and the Young Learner
  2. Social Studies and the Young Learner January/February 2018
  3. Teaching Difficult Knowledge of the Korean War through International Children’s Literature

Authors:

Sohyun An

Page:24

Journal Issue:

Issue
Social Studies and the Young Learner January/February 2021

This article posits that children’s literature can present difficult knowledge about wars in a child-friendly way. The author shares transnational children’s literature and a sample lesson to teach about the Korean War in a more critical and complete manner than is usually provided to students