Year of Impossible Good-byes

Introduction

In this novel you read about a Korean family who treasure their Korean heritage enough to flee their homeland because of Japanese and Russian occupation. In this project you will explore the many aspects of Korean Culture.

Task

Create an A to Z Illustrated Guide to Korean Culture. This guide will be presented in picture book form with illustrations and explanations of various aspects of Korea and Korean Culture such as food, clothing, maps, flags, religious customs etc.

Process

1. Use the following links to research Korea. (You may want to cut and paste to a "Word Document" as you explore these sites)

http://evlweb.eecs.uic.edu/sopark/korean.html

http://www.infokorea.com/culture.html

http://hanbat.chungnam.ac.kr/~s_atoz/culture4.html

http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~burns/cult98.html

2. Collect words and descriptions (Illustrations if possible) from the web sites and organize alphabetically.

3. Compose your Korea A to Z book making sure you carefully explain the items you have included so that someone who is not familiar with Korea will understand.

How you will be graded:

· Finished book will be at 5 pages

· Your product meets the task criteria

· Book is largely computer generated

· Evidence of research

· Evidence of revision and editing

· Attempt to create a unique, informational and creative product