By Location

North Korea

RESOURCE GRADE LEVEL MEDIA TYPE
All for One

All for One

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the influence of the communist values of organization, discipline and collectivism on North Korean society. OER Level

9-12

Video

Arduous March

Arduous March

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the Arduous March, a dark period of hardship and famine in recent North Korean history. OER Level

9-12

Video

A Tale of Two Heavens: Escaping North Korea

A Tale of Two Heavens: Escaping North Korea

In this lesson, students will learn about the conditions in authoritarian North Korea that have compelled many North Koreans to attempt a dangerous escape to what they see as the “Heaven” of capitalist South Korea.

9-12

Lesson Plan

Brainwashed

Brainwashed

In this video, excerpted from Wide Angle, a North Korean defector attempts to convince her younger sister to stay with her in Seoul rather than return to North Korea. OER Level

9-12

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Flight to Freedom

Flight to Freedom

In this video from Wide Angle, a North Korean defector must leave her son behind as she attempts an escape from China to South Korea using a forged passport. OER Level

9-12

Video

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

This Wide Angle video offers a look inside North Korea since the 1994 ascension to power of “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il. OER Level

9-12

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I'm Watching you 24/7

I'm Watching you 24/7

This lesson elaborates the characteristics of totalitarianism, using contemporary North Korea as a focal point. (North Korea)

9-12

Lesson Plan

Mass Games

Mass Games

This Wide Angle video features the Mass Games, a colossal spectacle of rhythmic gymnastics, which celebrate the North Korean state. OER Level

9-12

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One Party

One Party

This video segment from Wide Angle describes the communist Workers’ Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea. OER Level

9-12

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Self-Reliance

Self-Reliance

This Wide Angle video segment takes a look at the North Korean ideology of self-reliance that both farmers and other workers uphold. OER Level

9-12

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Worth the Risk?

Worth the Risk?

A glimpse of the human drama—and tragedy—which unfolds regularly on the Tumen River dividing North Korea and China: North Korean defectors risking everything to escape the oppressive regime of Kim Jong Il. Excerpted from Wide Angle. OER Level

9-12

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