8th grade documentary | 2011
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Korean War
1. During what years did this war take place?
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar304360&st=korean+war
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2. What countries are around Korea?
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/extmedia?id=ar304360&st=korean+war&sc=2&em=lr
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3. How did the Korean War start and what countries were involved?
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar304360&st=korean+war&sc=0#top
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4. United Nations troops were sent from how many countries to help which side in the war?
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar304360&st=korean+war&sc=0#top
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5. Who was the supreme commander of the UN and US forces in Korea?
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/korean+war
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6. Search the Wisconsin Historical Society image archives for “Korean War” to find an image of a
M*A*S*H* helicopter. Save the image as an image file in the shared server. Name the image with
your last name and the war, save in the Shared > 8th grade> Documentaries > your hour > Treasure
Hunts (example: Procell_Korean.jpg)
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/advancedSearch.asp
7. What is the Korean War often called and why?
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/highlights/archives/2006/11/stories_from_th.asp
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8th grade documentary | 2011
8. What did the war correspondents think of the beginning of the war?
http://www.newseum.org/warstories/interviews/mov/wars/war.asp?warID=2
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9. What happened at the 38th parallel on June 25th 1950?
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/korean-conflict/
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