My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea
Publication Information
Author:  Park, Frances and Park, Ginger	Illustrator:  Debra Reid Jenkins
Title:  My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Boyds Mills Press	City:  Honesdale, Pa.
ISBN, paperback:  1-56397-468-1	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, historical fiction, memoirs/reminiscences, fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| social studies
Summary:
This story describes the flight of a young girl from North to South Korea just before the outbreak of the Korean War. The story is told simply with superb illustrations.
Teaching Ideas:
Students could compare the journeys with people on the Underground Railroad using a Venn diagram. Also students could discuss the problems that divided countries have experienced such as Germany, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslavia. Map work could be done with all of the above.
Teaching Strategies:
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > freedom Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loss Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > taking risks Family > mothers > mother-child relationships History > time period > 20th Century History > topic > war > children and war Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > trust Geography > locations > countries > North Korea

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