STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Korean National Anthem
Teacher Information | Student Activities

National Symbols and Identity of Korea
Teacher Information | Student Activities

Website Investigation and Design: Vietnam--The Nation's Symbols
Teacher Information | Student Activities

TEACHER INFORMATION

National ideals and principles and the symbols that nations use to express their national values are explored on pp 16-19 of Voices & Values: Citizenship in Asia. The student activities provided on the three activity sheets on this website build upon and complement the published text. The country-specific focus for the activities is on Korea and Vietnam. The student activity sheets are designed to be printed for immediate classroom use.

Learning Outcomes
Students will:

• examine, analyse and compare the Korean national anthem as an expression of national values
  
• consider the national principles and ideals inherent in the Korean constitution and reunification policy
  
• investigate, access and critically evaluate a range of websites about Vietnam's national symbols
  
• design and develop the framework for a website on the basis of their research on Vietnam.

 

Korean National Anthem

This student activity sheet complements material and activities presented on national symbols of Korea described in Voices & Values: Citizenship in Asia. The national anthem of Korea is provided on the activity sheet, with a range of questions and activities.

 

 

National Symbols and Identity of Korea

This student activity sheet provides an avenue for extension work on some of the national values and ideals of Korea described in Voices & Values: Citizenship in Asia. Students visit two websites to investigate national holidays and the Korean constitution.

Through the activities students also reflect upon the issue of reunification of North and South Korea and the implications for the symbols with which they identify themselves.

 

Website Investigation and Design: Vietnam--The Nation's Symbols

This student activity sheet is a structured web search activity. It is designed to develop students' proficiency in web research and to develop an appreciation of the characteristics of a useful website.

The activity builds on Vietnamese teenagers' selection of symbols to represent Vietnam as a nation in Voices & Values: Citizenship in Asia (p 18).

In the web search activity students investigate the official national symbols of Vietnam and simultaneously evaluate the features of each website they visit.

The student activity sheet culminates in students designing the framework for a website entitled 'Vietnam: The Nation's Symbols', which uses their research and incorporates the most appropriate website features.

Teacher Support

Suggested Strategies

• Brainstorm for possible search words, synonyms and associated paraphrases with the whole class.
• As a class, further define the website usefulness rating scale of 1-5.
• Divide the class into groups or teams to perform web searches, collect and collate relevant information.
• Encourage small group discussions and subsequent class discussion about the useful features of websites.
• Groups or teams design and develop their website framework and present it to the class, either in print form or as overhead transparencies, for appraisal.

Websites
Information is available on the following websites:

This website contains excellent information and images of the Vietnamese national flag, national emblem (coat of arms) and so on:
http://www.fotw.net/flags/vn.html

This website contains information on the national emblem as described in the constitution of Vietnam (article 142) and Vietnam's national anthem (article 143):
http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/learn_about_vietnam/politics/constitution/chapter_eleven/

This website includes a detailed description of the male version of the Ao Dai:
http://www.thingsasian.com/article/tranthong/tranthong_06.htm

This one has numerous images of various Ao Dai:
http://www.vietvoice.net/aodai/0.html

This website contains the Declaration of Independence and Vietnam's constitution:
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/van_kien/docs.html

Website Features

Students may propose the following elements as possible important features of a useful website:

• accuracy and authority of information presented: sources, datesand names of authors, cross-references
• information type: archival as well as contemporary
• ease of access: well-defined links within the website, capacity for search within the website through a search tool, list of contents
• provision of links to other websites on the internet and descriptions of those websites

• email: capacity for feedback or to ask specific questions of the website managers and other visitors to the site
• presentation: visually appealing, grahics complement text, clear instructions, attractive and suitable use of colour and icon codes, site maps
• time-efficient: downloading time
• mediums integrated: sound or music, interviews, photography, film footage.