Teaching East Asia: Korea promotes effective instruction about Korea in K-12 classrooms through professional development programs such as one-day workshops, summer institutes, online seminars, and special projects.

 Korea

Online TEA NCTA Book Group: Teaching Korea through Young Adult Literature: K-Pop Revolution. September 21-November 8, 2023.

This seminar for middle and high school teachers features the young adult novel K-Pop Revolution to explore the concept of globalization both as it relates to developing cosmopolitan readers with YA literature in language arts and K-pop as a case study of Korean society, economics, and culture in social studies. Flyer.Offered thanks to the support of the Freeman Foundation and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea at San Francisco.

Online TEA-NCTA Courses and Book Groups

Through the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) programming at the University of Colorado Boulder, in fall and spring semesters, TEA offers online seminars in Korean history which examine primary and secondary sources. Courses offered include: Korea in the Ancient and Early Medieval World (1st c. BCE - 1170 CE) and Modern Korea in two parts, Independence to Division (1876 - 1953) and Division and Globalization (1945 - present). These courses are open nationally to secondary teachers. For K-8 teachers, TEA also offers an online book group on Teaching Korea through Children's Literature.

Summer Institutes

Please check back around January 15, 2024 for our 2024 Summer Institute information and application.

Korea Resource Center

Built with support from the Korea Foundation and contributions from teachers and publishers, TEA’s Korea Resource Center offers teachers a growing collection of curriculum resources on Korea. Print materials are lent free of charge to teachers within commuting distance of the TEA offices; audiovisuals require a $35 deposit. Please see our Korea Resource Center page for full details.