Korean War Lesson Plan Guiding Answers

Which of these textbooks do you find more trustworthy? Why? (Use specific examples from each text to support your answer).

I believe that document B is more trustworthy because of all the details they included about North Korea, and what led up to the beginning of the war. They include dates and certain times of the day of which they attack, "...at dawn on June 25th, 1950 the North began their southward aggression along the 38th parallel."

Where else would you look in order to figure out how the Korean War started?

I could look at historical books or multiple documents to get the overall details of the war. I would also be able to go to the Korean War Museum in Springfield if it was still opened.

Is this source from Textbook A and which is for Textbook B? Provide language from the textbook excerpt to support your answer: History of the Revolution of our Great Leader Kim Il-sun: High School. (Pongyang, North Korea: Textbook Publishing Co., 1999).

Textbook A: "...the enemies crawled deeper and deeper into the North half of the Republic...the invading forces of the enemies had to be eliminated and the threatened fate of our country and our people had to be saved."

Is this source from Textbook A and which is for Textbook B? Provide language from the textbook excerpt to support your answer: Kim, Doojin. Korean History: Senior High. (Seoul, South Korea: Dae HanTextbook Co.), 2001.

Textbook B: "...the army of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) fought courageously to defend the liberty of the country....The armed provocation of the North Korean communists brought the UN Security Council around the table."

How did the Korean War start? Textbook A:

The Korean War was started by the American Imperialists when they unexpectedly attacked the North half of the Republic,

How did the Korean War start? Textbook B:

The war was started by North Korea, when they began their aggression on the 38th parallel.