In my seventh class, we finished the second half of the movie Along with the Gods, and wrote a paragraph in Korean about what we liked, disliked or thought important about the movie. Jimin reviewed the paragraphs and helped fix certain grammar mistakes and we talked about what we thought about the movie in relation to Korean culture, history, etc.
In my eighth class, Jimin gave us a lecture of a brief, broad overview of Korean history. She covered the entire history of Korea, going from origin stories that exist about how Korea was founded, all the way to present day. We wanted to learn more about the more modern history of Korea (so about Japanese colonization of Korea and the political upheavals that occurred even after Korea was liberated), so we spent a bit more time on that section of Korean history. We learned about the three-kingdom era of Korea and how it used to be split up into several different kingdoms that were constantly at war with each other until they eventually were conquered by one kingdom and became Joseon--the predecessor to modern South Korea. We then learned about how Japan colonized Korea during the Pacific War and we learned about the hardships that the Korean people faced at this time. We then learned about the dictator-like presidents that took over after the liberation and after the Korean War, and what actions they took to try and hold on to the presidency.
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