Korean Cultural Center

[Midori Sanchez]

The Korean Cultural Center was an opportunity to not only understand more about the Korean culture to bring back to our classes, such as learning about the Korean writing system and plastic surgery, but also to see what opportunities are available to schools and the community. I thought it was amazing that they have someone read children's stories in Korean and have arts and crafts for young children to either be in touch with their own culture, or be exposed to another culture. There are also musical performances with traditional Korean instruments that may be of interest to my students to attend. I also thought that seeing the BTS and other KPOP cut-outs as well as Korean animated show figures and technology to explore more helped to allow the students to have a mixture of "lecture" and self-exploration; I could see something for all of my students to be focusing on.

 

My goal is to speak to my Female Leadership Academy head and discuss integrating more opportunities for Asian American students and/or those interested in learning about other cultures. Living in Long Beach means that we would be able to make that trip there and visit a place they may not see otherwise.