Drawing on his experience with the Understanding Korea Project, Professor Ross E. Dunn shows how Panorama: A World History, the textbook he co-authored, places Korean history within the broader context of Afroeurasia. Through the “chain of seas,” he examines premodern Korea’s maritime and cultural exchanges and traces the development of world history education in Korea.
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A Grade 9 textbook published by El Salvador’s Ministry of Education now includes new content on the Korean War. This issue takes a closer look at this improvement, which covers the war’s background and outcome, a map of pre- and post-war dividing lines based on drawing on AKS-provided materials, and learning activities built around a young man’s testimony.
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In this essay, a student’s search for Korea in three geography textbooks under Vietnam’s new curriculum highlights the gap between Korea’s presence beyond the classroom and its absence from textbooks. It also offers concrete ways to include Korea in terms of economic development, cultural influence, and regional cooperation.
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This issue introduces 25 newly acquired social studies learning materials from New Zealand and examines key features of New Zealand social studies education, including how Korea-related content is represented.
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