Week 4: Chusok and Chuncheon Photo 1

Week 4: Chusok and Chuncheon

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September 22nd 2008
Last week was the Korean holiday of Chusok. It's roughly the same as Thanksgiving. Koreans take time to give thanks and honor their ancestors. It also ment that I had a short week this week. Monday I was off work and Tuesday and Wednesday there were no kids so I had time to get ahead in my lesson plans. Some of the classes spend four weeks on one topic, so coming up with new ideas for plans can be ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Gangwon-do

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more