A full-day immersive conference designed to equip educators with interdisciplinary tools and resources, featuring insights into the American homefront, workshops on art, literature, and North Korean propaganda, a veteran interview, and access to a comprehensive interview archive, to support engaging lessons on the significance of Korea and the impact of the Korean War.
Agenda
Welcome and Conference Overview
- Eliel Hinojosa, Jr. Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Tarleton State University
Lecture and Q&A – The American Homefront, 1950-1953
- Christopher Hickman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Tarleton State University
Break and Transition to CAB
Workshop 1: How Can Art Communicate the Experience of War?
- Gabe Fain, Humanities Teacher, Heritage High School, Frisco ISD
Workshop 2: Literature: Sacrifice, Patriotism, and Imagined Community
- Jeremiah Rush, Social Studies Coordinator, Frisco ISD
Working Lunch (Provided)
- Mapae Presentation
- Transition to IPE Grand Room
Interview with Korean War Veteran Larry Kinard
- Beyond the Bridge of No Return (Preview)
Transition to CAB
Workshop 3: Exploring the KWLF Interview Archive (Scavenger Hunt)
- Jeremiah Rush, Social Studies Coordinator, Frisco ISD
Workshop 4: Law-Related Education Workshop
- Dodie Kasper, Coordinator, Law-Related Education
Break
Workshop 5: North Korean Children’s Comics – Legitimizing and Consolidating Authority
- Gabe Fain, Humanities Teacher, Heritage High School, Frisco ISD
Closing and Exit Survey
- Marisa Hellawell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Tarleton State University