1. Teacher Guide
This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble.
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Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools.
Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently lives in New York City. She works in the Youth Services Department at the Educational Alliance as the Assistant Director for Higher Education Initiatives, where she specifically oversees college prep programming for high school seniors, and academic enrichment programming for middle school students. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access programming at Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. This fall, she will begin her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast.
This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

2. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea?
© Sungjin Kim/500px
Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

3. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea?
Danyang County sits on the edge of Chungjuho Lake in North Chungcheong Province. Most of the surrounding terrain is rugged mountains with various rivers and creeks running though. The terrain makes Danyang a popular place for adventure-seekers to enjoy anything from simple hikes to white water rafting or paragliding from the hills toward town.
Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

4. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 1
Map
In which country will you find Danyang County? Find this location on a map. 2
Web Search/
Thinking
What is a symbol? Why would a country have symbols on their flag? 3
Image Search/Web Search
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What do the four groups of black bars in near the corners of the flag represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey? 4
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What does the white background represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey? 5
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What does the symbol in the middle of the flag represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey?
There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

5. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 5
Minutes
You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

6. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 1
Map
In which country will you find Danyang County? Find this location on a map. 2
Web Search
Thinking
What is a symbol? Why would a country have symbols on their flag? 3
Image Search/Web Search
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What do the four groups of black bars in near the corners of the flag represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey? 4
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What does the white background represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey? 5
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What does the symbol in the middle of the flag represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey?
You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

7. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 1
Map
In which country will you find Danyang County? Find this location on a map.
Using the “maps” link on the Bing search page, and the search term “Danyang County” find the location here:
Zooming out, one can see that this location is in the country of South Korea.

8. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 2
Web Search/
Thinking
What is a symbol? Why would a country have symbols on their flag?
(Possible queries: “define symbol” “what is a symbol” “symbol”)
From the Bing dictionary:
sym·bol
[ símb'l ]
something that represents something else: something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction
sign with specific meaning: a written or printed sign or character that represents something in a specific context, e.g. an operation or quantity in mathematics or music
Students may offer reasons why symbols are important and why a country would include symbols on its flag.

9. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 3
Image Search/Web Search
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What do the four groups of black bars in near the corners of the flag represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey?
Finding an image of the South Korean Flag: Using the “images” link on the Bing search page, and the search term “South Korean Flag” find the image here:
Finding meaning of the symbols on the South Korean flag: (possible queries: “South Korean flag symbols”)
The site WorldAtlas ( provides a summary of the symbols represented on the flag. Regarding the black bars in the four corners:
The three black unbroken bars (upper left) symbolize heaven, the trigram (lower left) symbolizes fire, the trigram (upper right) symbolizes water, while the three broken bars (lower right) symbolize earth.
Students may offer ideas about the spiritual or nature-related values of the people of South Korea, as well as other ideas that these symbols point to.

10. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 4
Image Search/Web Search
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What does the white background represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey?
Finding an image of the South Korean Flag: Using the “images” link on the Bing search page, and the search term “South Korean Flag” find the image here:
Finding meaning of the symbols on the South Korean flag: (possible queries: “South Korean flag symbols”)
The site WorldAtlas ( provides a summary of the symbols represented on the flag. Regarding the white background:
The white field represents the traditional color of the Korean people.
Students may offer ideas of what white symbolizes and how this relates to the people of South Korea.

11. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea? 5
Image Search/Web Search
Find an image of the South Korean flag. What does the symbol in the middle of the flag represent? What idea(s) about the people of South Korea might this symbol convey?
Finding an image of the South Korean Flag: Using the “images” link on the Bing search page, and the search term “South Korean Flag” find the image here:
Finding meaning of the symbols on the South Korean flag: (Possible queries: “South Korean flag symbols”)
The site WorldAtlas ( provides a summary of the symbols represented on the flag. Regarding the symbol in the middle of the flag:
The centered Yin-yang symbol signifies unity.
Students may offer ideas on the importance of unity and why a country would want this symbol as representative of the people.

12. What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag
What symbols are incorporated on the South Korean flag? What do these symbols meant to convey about the people of South Korea?
This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.