Discovering South Korea

The Film – The Way Home

The Way Home follows a seven-year-old boy from the big city, to a small and remote rural community, where he must live with his partially deaf and completely mute maternal grandmother while his mother looks for a job. Anger, resentment and frustration bring out the worst in this spoiled little boy who has absolutely no compassion for his grandmother when they first meet. Sang-Woo experiences culture shock, having to give up all that matters to him: his mother, his GameBoy, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Spam, batteries, and even flush toilets, so that he can survive his stay with his grandmother.

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The Curriculum Guide

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This interdisciplinary curriculum guide for educators based on the film ‘The Way Home’ includes 11 lesson plans that cover math, science, language arts, social studies, media literacy, visual arts and specialty areas. It is available in both print and electronic versions.

Additional themes explored through the guide are:

Urban / Rural Dichotomy
(South Korea) Inter-generational Conflict
Culture Change through Generations
Globalization
Coming of Age / Responsibility
South Korean Traditions and Culture

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Authors: John Egbert, Bengt Johnson, Pat McCarthy, Eileen Mattingly, Deenah Dunkelman Molllin, Sarah Rainsberger, Dede Sinclair, Brad Woodward, Jill Woodward and Laura Zlatos.