Many know North Korea, or the DPRK, as the Hermit Kingdom thanks to its resistance to outsiders and rogue foreign policy. Its restrictive government controls life down to a list of approved haircuts. That said, its scenery is mountainous and beautiful, even if visitors rarely make it out of the capital. A video resource profiles the poorly understood Asian nation. 

Concepts

north korea, south korea, human geography, physical geography, world geography, the korean war, asian history

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video for background information for a current events discussion

Classroom Considerations

• Famine images may be difficult for some viewers to see
  
• Part 91 of a larger Countries A-Z playlist
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Resource does a good job connecting Korea's history to current events
• Images of little-seen areas in the DPNK intrigue young scholars

Cons

• Ad mentioning a bikini wax interrupts streaming

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.10