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Battle of Kapyong 20 Questions Lesson Plan Objectives The Battle of Kapyong 20 Questions Lesson Plan Objectives: ACTIVITIES Our intention is to educate • Watch the 9 minute The Battle of Kapyong video clip found here: Canadian Citizens so that they: http://valourcanada.ca/video-documentaries/2-ppcli-kapyong-1951/ Appreciate the role of our • Use the question cards below to: military heritage in o Engage learners and invite further learning protecting Canadian interests, values, and o Formatively assess student familiarity with the Korean War beliefs. o Spark debate and discussion o Guide research and inquiry-based learning Understand the role our o Assess learning and understanding (summative) military history has had in shaping our country and the world. Are inspired to be engaged and well-informed participatory citizens of Canada. Historical Era: Korean War (1950-1953) ( Intended Student Body: Grades 10 - 12 RESOURCES REQUIRED: ▪ 9 minute Kapyong video: http://valourcanada.ca/vide o-documentaries/2-ppcli- kapyong-1951/ ▪ Question cards 1 Image credits: Library and Archives Canada Clockwise: MIKAN 4234003, 3600137, 3396502, 4234007, 3382576, 3780249 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • Difficulty rating: • • What is the current day dividing line between North and Which type of document marked the end of conflict in South Korea? the Korean War in 1953? a. The demilitarized zone, or DMZ a. Peace Treaty th b. The 38 parallel b. Peace Accord c. The Iron Curtain c. Armistice d. The Impenetrable Border d. Charter Research/Discussion Questions: Research/Discussion Questions: • What impact does the division between North and • What problems have resulted from the fact that the South Korea have on current global politics? peace after the Korean War was not permanent? • What impact does the division of North and South • Is the Korean War over? Why or why not? Korea have on the Korean people? A Answer: C : Answer 1 2 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • • • • Difficulty rating: • • • In which order did the following events take place? Why was the Korean peninsula partitioned after the Second World War and why did it remain divided? There a. Landing at Inchon, Seoul recaptured are multiple correct answers. b. UN forces invade North Korea a. The Allies agreed mid-way through the Second World c. North Korean invasion of South Korea War that Japan would lose all of its conquered d. Chinese intervention forces UN troops back across territories and that the Allies would occupy the Korean the 38th parallel peninsula and would act as trustees for a short period e. UN Security Council authorization of military of time after the war intervention b. Before the end of the Second World War, Americans, f. Retreat of UN forces to Pusan increasingly antagonistic towards the communist g. 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Soviets, hastily chose a dividing line approximately Light Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of halfway down the peninsula and containing the capital the Royal Australian Regiment hold off Chinese city to maintain a strong presence in Korea forces at Kapyong c. The Soviets proposed that both occupying powers withdraw from Korea in 1947. This proposal was Research/Discussion Questions: rejected by the Americans • Which of these events do you think is most significant d. The Japanese occupying forces were slow to leave in telling the history of the Korean War? Why? after the Second World War so Allied occupying forces • Which important events are missing from this divided it in half and took the peninsula in a series of timeline? battles C B, A, Answers: G D, B, A, F, E, C, Answer: Answer: 3 4 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • Difficulty rating: • • Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH), portable Why is the Korean War sometimes referred to as the hospitals that used helicopters to transport wounded “Forgotten War?” soldiers were pioneered at the end of which conflict? a. Because it is overshadowed by the victory in the a. Second World War Second War World and the controversy of the b. Korean War Vietnam War c. Vietnam War b. Because it wasn’t a war, it was a “Police Action” d. War in Afghanistan c. Because no “red lines” had been crossed d. Because it never formally ended Research/Discussion Questions: • What medical advances were developed in MASH Research/Discussion Questions: units? • Why is the Korean War sometimes referred to as a • How has medical care for soldiers changed since the Police Action? What does this term signify and how Korean War? does it compare to the word ‘war’? • Why should we remember the Korean War? . War Korean the in place took M*A*S*H running TV sitcom sitcom TV running - long the and War Korean the A Answer: A, but MASH units provided medical care during during care medical provided units MASH but A, Answer: Answer: 5 6 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • • Difficulty rating: • • “I very often think of it as the enemy’s vengeance. You How many Canadian casualties and Chinese casualties never know exactly when it is going to arrive or when it occurred at the Battle of Kapyong? comes but it’s always there and you almost never discuss a. 100 Canadians were killed, 230 wounded. It is it with your own family. It’s a burden you carry silently estimated there were more than 10,000 Chinese within.” casualties What is veteran Hub Gray referring to in this statement? b. No Canadians were killed, 23 wounded. It is estimated that there were at least 100 Chinese a. The lasting physical ailments from wounds casualties. accrued in battle c. 10 Canadians were killed, 23 wounded. It is b. The mental hardship of thinking about his fallen estimated there were more than 1,000 Chinese comrades and those that survived casualties. c. The political ramifications that still impact d. 10 Canadians were killed, 230 wounded. It is global safety today estimated that there were almost no Chinese d. The struggle to survive the battles casualties. since Kapyong Research/Discussion Questions: Research/Discussion Questions: • How do civilian and military casualties compare in the • How can society best support those who feel the Korean War? burden that Hub Gray mentions? • What impact did the high number of casualties in the • What are the consequences for societies when soldiers Korean War have on the development of North and and veterans struggle with mental health? South Korea after the War? C Answer: B Answer: 7 8 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • • Difficulty rating: • • Why was it important for the Canadians and Australians Why is the Korean War described as the first ‘hot’ conflict to hold the line at Kapyong? of the Cold War? a. Because Korea is warmer than the U.S. and the a. To defend against a pincer movement at Inchon U.S.S.R. who were at war b. To maintain a presence in the area for patrols b. Because it was the first shooting war in a period c. To prevent access to the capital city, Seoul where hostilities between the major powers were d. To avoid full scale war with the Chinese mainly limited to economic, political and propaganda tactics c. Because it was the first time that nuclear weapons Research/Discussion Questions: were considered since the bombing of Japan • Why did Canada fight in the Korean War? d. Because it was the first war caused by the effects • If you had been alive at the time, would you have of global warming supported the Korean War? Why or why not? Research/Discussion Questions: • What impact did the Korean War have on the Cold War as a whole? • Rank the significance of the Korean War on the Cold War as compared to other ‘hot’ conflicts like the War in Vietnam, the Suez Crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion, etc. C Answer: B : Answer 9 10 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • Difficulty rating: • • • Why did the Korean War drag on until 1953 if the Battle “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States of Kapyong was the last Chinese offensive in 1951? to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure.” a. Because Truman threatened to use nuclear Who said this and how did it impact Korea? weapons b. Because the Cold War was just beginning, and a. President Truman, justified intervention in Korea other conflicts were emerging to contain communist forces c. Because Chinese involvement in the conflict b. General MacArthur, created a hostile atmosphere continued to escalate hostilities on the Korean peninsula d. Because the war became a “war of patrols” with c. President Truman, contained hostilities so that many smaller skirmishes as armistice talks diplomacy could prevail continued. d. General MacArthur, allowed troops in Korea to use unconventional weapons in the war Research/Discussion Questions: • Was the Battle of Kapyong a turning point in the Research/Discussion Questions: Korean War? Why or why not? • What other world conflicts were impacted by the • List key events in the Korean War and rank them in policy to support nations resisting “subjugation by order of importance. armed minorities or by outside pressure”? • How did this doctrine change the course of history? D Answer: A Answer: 11 12 Korean War Questions Korean War Questions Difficulty rating: • • Difficulty rating: • • What is a proxy war? “Who can guarantee that the U.S. imperialists will not attack the country again? Neither you nor I, nor anyone a. When superpowers use the threat of nuclear else. So we are openly making war preparations in order weapons to prevent an escalation of hostilities to defend the country from enemy aggression.” b.
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