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The Way Home is an engaging tool to teach about traditional Korean culture. Our lesson plans for this film span the curriculum, including Social Studies, Math, Science, Media Literacy, and a hands-on Visual Arts lesson.
Film runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes.
Film rating: PG.
Where to watch: The Way Home is available on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms. Or buy the DVD.
Grade Levels: The curriculum was written expressly for students in grades 6 to 9. However, the curriculum can be adapted for older and younger students.
The Way Home Curriculum Guide
Lesson 1: The Republic of Korea (Social Studies)
Lesson 2: Silent Speech (General Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 3: Viewing The Way Home (Media Literacy)
Lesson 4: Protagonist-Antagonist (Visual Literacy)
Lesson 5: Confucian Values (Social Studies, Language Arts)
Lesson 6: Juxtaposition (Media Literacy)
Lesson 7: At Home in Korea (Film-Specific Cross-Cultural Understanding)
Lesson 8: The Trade Game (Social Studies, Economics)
Lesson 9: Using Graphs (Mathematics)
Lesson 10: How We Produce Sound (Science)
Lesson 11: Korean Fighter Shield Kites (Visual Arts)
Glossary of Film Terms
The Glossary of Film Terms is useful for the Film Literacy lessons that are part of this curriculum guide.
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Related Resources
The Way Home is part of our global education collection of award-winning films from around the world for introducing students to global cultures and customs. We also recommend: Children of Heaven (Iran), Like Stars on Earth (India), Please Vote for Me (China), The Cup (Tibet), Wadjda (Saudi Arabia), and Whale Rider (Aotearoa / New Zealand).
Teaching about Confucianism? We also recommend Please Vote for Me.
To supplement Lesson 2 about Silent Speech, and to support discussions of the nonspeaking grandmother character, educators may want to reference the lesson about language, power and ableism in our Crip Camp curriculum guide.
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