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Standing upright, then slowly clasping both hands and drawing them up to shoulder height, Kevin Won next kneeled on the floor. Bending forward, he bowed his head toward his silent audience.

Wons demonstration of the Sebae, a traditional bow performed for elders during South Koreas lunar new year, may have seemed out of place during a warm, sunny day on Stanfords campus. But the intricate display was in perfect context during a cross-cultural conference for secondary school teachers from the United States to learn about Korean society, as well as providing a forum to directly engage with Korean teachers and students.

Despite Koreas growing relevance worldwide, there has been little development of Korean studies below university-level, leaving a vacuum for misunderstanding, including stereotypes, to form at an early age. The conference now in its third year aims to shift this reality.

For three days in late July, twenty-four teachers from across America participated in a variety of activities and seminars intended to give them new perspectives and teaching strategies.

Gary Mukai, director of 91勛圖, welcomes participants.

The conference was co-organized by the at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) and the both in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. The two groups work together to convert research on Asia into material that is suitable for younger students.

Our mission is to make Stanford scholarship accessible to all, said 91勛圖 director Gary Mukai, who has been with 91勛圖 for over 26 years. 91勛圖 and Shorenstein APARC, under the direction of Gi-Wook Shin, a professor of sociology, have coordinated curriculum development for key projects on Korean history and perceptions of wartime history in Northeast Asia. 

A cadre of scholars and practitioners from Stanford and other universities and organizations offered talking points and actionable ideas for instruction. Among them was David Straub, the associate director of KSP, who lived in Korea for eight years as a senior U.S. diplomat. 

The United States and Korea have a very close relationship, but lack equal dialogue, explained Straub. America is still number one for Koreans, as such, Koreans know more about the United States than Americans know about Korea. This imbalance can lead to misunderstanding. Straub took the teachers through the recent history of U.S.-Korea relations, which is often narrowed to the context of the Korean War. 

Two teachers work together on a curriculum exercise comparing political cartoons.

Since 1945, South Korea overcame extreme poverty and effectively established a democratic society, a transition that was uncommonly quick and relatively smooth, and one that now supports a global powerhouse of trade and culture.

Throughout the conference, 91勛圖 staff demonstrated ways for educators to bring Korea, and greater Northeast Asia, into their classrooms. They gave the teachers a chance to practice student lessons. In one exercise, the teachers deciphered sets of political cartoons and compared news headlines from Japan, China and Korea, using material from 91勛圖 instructional materials. 

Each activity was carefully prepared to guide teachers to examine their own preconceptions. Greater cultural awareness can come when both teachers and students are more critical consumers of information, said Rylan Sekiguchi, a 91勛圖 curriculum specialist, in his presentation.

While curriculum is important, establishing rapport seemed an essential part of the conference. A key component to a successful cross-cultural workshop is creating a community, and looking around the room, I think weve done that here, said Mukai, in an address to participants at a reception.

Also in attendance was a delegation of 11 Korean teachers and students from , a private high school in Korea with a unique structure and curriculum. The schools name comes from the Hana Financial Group, which established the school in 2010, and is also the supporter of the Stanford conference. The Korean students gave presentations that covered a wide range of topics, including an analysis of teenage life and the public education system in Korea.

(Left to right): Students Nayoon Kim, Kevin Won, Seung-hyun Kim and Sarah Chey presented on Korean culture and society.

Six students from Hana Academy Seoul , one of Koreas most popular genres of music. The musical group, known as Da-Seu-Reum, showcased their talents while wearing traditional, brightly colored outfits. Afterward, the students became the teachers when they invited the American teachers to come up and play the instruments. 

for their research and participation in the (SKSP), a distance-learning opportunity for 25 high school students across the United States to engage in an intensive study of Korea for a semester. SKSP is dually led by 91勛圖 and Shorenstein APARC, and sponsored by the Korea Foundation.

I feel very honored to attend, and have learned a lot about U.S.-Korea relations, said Won, who is from Korea and attends The Taft School in Connecticut. But mostly, I am just glad my presentation went well. 

Won, a relative newcomer to public speaking, explained Korean holidays and how to perform a traditional bow. After demonstrating the correct posture and sequence to the audience, he asked for, and easily received, teacher participation. 

Kelly McKee, a teacher from Illinois, tries playing the Buk, a drum used in Samulnori, with direction from a Hana Academy Seoul student.

From the impeccably credentialed presenters to the wonderful pacing of the presentations, I thoroughly enjoyed my three days here, said Eladio Lalo Martin, a humanities teacher at Cesar Chavez Middle School in Watsonville.

This conference, by far, is the best Ive ever attended, he added. Martin has been teaching for more than 18 years, and says he looks forward to returning to Stanford.

The speakers have been fantastic, said Kelly McKee, a social studies teacher. Theyve shared in-depth expertise on topics like Koreas special economic zones and North Korea areas you cant find in professional development workshops elsewhere.

McKee, who works at Lake Forest High School in Illinois and is a leader of a student exchange program to Shanghai, says she plans to supplement her Korea unit with what she has learned. As the availability of Asian studies curriculum continues to grow, she says the future certainly looks bright.

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On July 30, 2014, three anxious but very poised high school students from the Sejong Korean Scholars Program (SKSP)an online course on Korea sponsored by the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91勛圖) and the took the stage to present their final papers to an audience of 25 American and Korean high school teachers and several university professors at a three-day conference on Korea at 91勛圖. 

The studentsAlex Boylston, a recent graduate of Riverwood International Charter School in Atlanta, GA; Anne Kim, a rising senior at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, MD; and Elaine Lee, a rising senior at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CAwere selected from a class of 26 students, based on the excellence of their academic work and final course papers. 

When asked how he came to choose his topic on Koreans in Japans yakuza, Alex Boylston thoughtfully replied that he had thought outside the box because he didnt want his instructor to have to read 20 essays on the Korean War. Taking a different tack, Anne Kim turned her personal interest in historical Korean dramas (sageuk) into the topic for her final paper, Lets Talk Drama: Sageuk as a Reflector and Perpetrator of Societal Change in South Korea. Closing out the presentations, Elaine Lee stepped up to the podium and discussed the challenges South Korea faces as a global economic power, leaving no doubt she will achieve her goal of participating in the future of U.S.South Korean relations. All three were honored with an award for excellence, following their presentations.

The SKSP accepts 20-25 exceptional high school students from throughout the United States for each course offering. The course provides students with a broad overview of Korean history and culture as well as U.S.Korean relations and an opportunity to learn from and interact with top scholars and experts in Korean studies. The SKSP is now accepting applications for its spring 2015 term; .

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The Bracero Program was a series of laws that allowed the United States to recruit temporary guest workers (braceros, lit. individuals who work with their arms) from Mexico. As the United States entered World War II, its agriculture and railroad industries witnessed a shortage of laborers due to the U.S. military draft and the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States. The United States and Mexico entered into legal agreements that would ultimately be known as the Bracero Program, which operated from 1942 to 1964. Braceros worked throughout the United States, but the largest concentration of braceros was employed in California. There were an estimated 4.5 million contracts signed by braceros over the 22-year period. Today a large proportion of the Mexican-American population can trace its heritage to former braceros.

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I have a personal connection to braceros. The forced removal of people of Japanese descent from the West Coast in 1942 contributed to the labor shortage in states like California. My family was interned in Poston, Arizona, in what was called the Poston War Relocation Center from 1942 until the end of World War II in 1945. The relocation center was built on a Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation and was surrounded by barbed wire. My family returned to California after the end of the war. As a child of farm laborers in the 1950s and 1960s, I worked side-by-side with braceros. My neighbors in San Jose were braceros. I thought that I was a hard worker until I met them. I was compensated by the amount of crops I harvested, known as piecework. The braceros punch cards usually had at least double the punches that mine had.

Some years ago, I asked my mother if she had a photo of the bracero home that stood next to my home. She did have a photo, and to my surprise, I was in it. One of the fondest memories of my childhood was occasionally telling my mother that I didnt want rice and tofu and instead going to the bracero home to enjoy homemade tortillas and beans. The tortillas were made from flour and manteca or lard. As a child, I felt more Mexican than Japanese.

In my work as a teacher (from 1977 to 1988) and at 91勛圖 (since 1988), I have always known that there were legacies from my life growing up with braceros that have profoundly impacted me. I used to be ashamed of being the son of farm laborers, but through the years, I have come to appreciate the importance of farm labor, and I could not have had greater role models than the braceros when it came to hard work and discipline.  

Thus, it was particularly meaningful for me to facilitate an event called Legacies of the Bracero Program, 19421964, during which ten former braceros were recognized by 91勛圖, FSI, and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS). The event was meticulously organized by 91勛圖 Event Coordinator Sabrina Ishimatsu and took place at 91勛圖 on February 27, 2014. 

 

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Rodolfo Dirzo, CLAS Director, whose father was a bracero, spoke about the transmission of the richness and diversity of Mexican culture to generations of Mexican Americans. His message of pride in ones identity prompted multiple generations of Mexican Americans in the audience to consider the pioneers of their community. Francis Dominguez, the granddaughter of former bracero Jos矇 Guadalupe Rodriguez Fonseca, reflected, I felt that the speeches were educational for those not familiar with the history, but also connected with the families of braceros on an emotional level. 

Three things are interesting to me about what happened during the bracero years that have made what the country is today, noted Mariano-Florentino Cu矇llar, FSI Director. Number one, the United States realized that it could not function without immigration; number two, immigration was considered vital to our national security; number three, we came to realize that sometimes what looks temporary is actually permanent.

These three points resonated with Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez, whose grandfather is Fonseca. Rodriguez, a former high school teacher in Salinas and now with the Special Collections and University Archives Department of 91勛圖 Libraries, noted that, Tinos historical analysis and considerations about immigration and the Bracero Program have implications that polarizing opposite left/right political views have failed to consider. Tinos perspective was quite fascinating. 

Several high school teachers were in the audience, and Rodriguez spoke about ways that teachers can interactively engage students in the study of the Bracero Program. This event is a great example of how 91勛圖 reaches out to the larger community and bridges the gap between academia and communities, said Rodriguez. Rodriguez and the other teachers in the audience have used 91勛圖 curricular materials to underscore the importance of understanding and appreciating diverse perspectives on U.S. history. 91勛圖 curricular materials on topics like the history of U.S.Mexico relations serve as a bridge between FSI/91勛圖 and schools nationally.

 

Recognition

Each former bracero was presented with three certificates from 91勛圖, the California State Assembly (signed by Luis A. Alejo, 30th Assembly District), and Monterey County (signed by Supervisor Sim籀n Salinas). The former braceros proudly posed in Stanford sweatshirts, and tears could be seen among their families photographers, making even clear photographs seem blurry.  

 

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Former Braceros with Rodriguez (back row, far left); and Dirzo, Cu矇llar, and Mukai (back row, right side), courtesy of Rod Searcey.

Reflecting upon the event, Fonseca humbly stated, I felt very honored to be recognized for my work and proud to be reunited with fellow braceros. He was particularly touched that the honorable Carlos Ponce Martinez, Consul General of Mexico in San Jose, and Sim籀n Salinas, Monterey County Supervisor, were in attendance. I would like to thank the organizers of the event and 91勛圖.

 

Adios

Toward the end of the evening, Supervisor Salinas, whose father was a bracero, approached me and asked if I was related to the Mukai family that once farmed in Salinas before and after World War II. I was, I told him. To my astonishment, he informed me that his family used to sharecrop with my family and that he was particularly close to one of my uncles and two of my cousins who once worked for Driscolls, growers of berries. Though the Bracero Program ended 50 years ago, I continue to discover new connections and ways in which it has affected my life and my family. 

As sons and grandsons of former braceros, Dirzo, Rodriguez, and Salinas are prime examples of proud legacies of the Bracero Program. As the former braceros were departing the Bechtel Conference Center at Encina Hall, I had a flashback to 1964 at the Bracero Programs end, when I said adios to my bracero co-workers from childhood. A faded memory of my childhood suddenly became clear and poignant once again, as I wondered if I would ever see them again. 

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The Bracero Program was a series of laws that allowed the United States to recruit temporary guest workers (braceros, lit. individuals who work with their arms) from Mexico.

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The third annual Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers takes place this summer, from July 28 to 30, at Stanford. It will bring together secondary school educators from across the United States as well as a cadre of educators from Korea for intensive and lively sessions on a wide assortment of Korean studies-related topics ranging from U.S.-Korea relations to history, and religion to popular culture. In addition to scholarly lectures, the teachers will take part in curriculum workshops and receive numerous classroom resources developed by .

During the conference, the  (SKSP), a distance-learning program on Korea, will also honor high school students for their exceptional performance in the SKSP program. The finalists will be chosen based on their final research papers, and their overall participation and performance in the online course. The SKSP honorees will be presenting their research essays at the conference. The SKSP program is generously supported by the . 

For details of the application procedures for the teachers, please visit the .

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The and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91勛圖), with support from Hana Financial Group, are offering a very exciting and intensive professional development opportunity for secondary school teachers: The HanaStanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers. This three-day summer conference will feature scholarly lectures and curricular presentations on topics such as Korean history, North Korea, inter-Korean relations, politics, economics, culture, and U.S.Korean relations. We hope to bring together educators who are interested in incorporating Korean studies into their curricula and to provide a venue for them to learn and exchange ideas.

All conference meals and registration costs will be covered by the conference. For those who reside more than 50 miles from 91勛圖, shared hotel accommodations and reasonable airfare expenses will be covered. Each teacher will be given a $300 stipend to cover incidental expenses and also receive an excellent selection of books and complimentary teaching materials about Korea. In addition, teachers can earn an optional 2 units of credit from Stanford Continuing Studies.

Space is limited to 30 teachers from secondary schools throughout the United States. Teachers from out of town are encouraged to arrive on July 27, 2014. To apply to attend the conference, please fill out the Applicant Registration Form and return it to the address below by February 7, 2014. We will notify you once your applicant registration form has been reviewed by the selection committee. 

For more information, please contact Sabrina Ishimatsu at sishi@stanford.edu.

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Fifty years have passed since the Bracero Program formally ended, yet its legacies endure. During this event, Professor (Director, Center for Latin American Studies; Bing Professor of Environmental Science, 91勛圖) will address the significance of the Bracero Program not only to the ancestry but also to the human and social capital of people of Mexican descent in the United States. Professor (Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, 91勛圖) will examine the legacy of the Bracero Program on the here and now of immigration reform. Their comments will be followed by teachable moments that will be shared by former high school teacher Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez, who currently works in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford, where he conducts research on the Bracero Program. Following the talks and dinner, ten former braceros will be recognized.

Hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford (CLAS), the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at 91勛圖 (FSI), and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91勛圖).

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Dr. Gary Mukai is Director of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91勛圖). Prior to joining 91勛圖 in 1988, he was a teacher in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, and in California public schools for ten years.

Garys academic interests include curriculum and instruction, educational equity, and teacher professional development. He received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from U.C. Berkeley; a multiple subjects teaching credential from the Black, Asian, Chicano Urban Program, U.C. Berkeleys Graduate School of Education; a master of arts in international comparative education from 91勛圖s Graduate School of Education; and a doctorate of education from the Leadership in Educational Equity Program, U.C. Berkeleys Graduate School of Education. 

In addition to curricular publications for 91勛圖, Gary has also written for other publishers, including Newsweek, Calliope Magazine, Media & Methods: Education Products, Technologies & Programs for Schools and Universities, Social Studies Review, Asia Alive, Education 91勛圖 Asia, ACCESS Journal: Information on Global, International, and Foreign Language Education, San Jose Mercury News, and ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies; and organizations, including NBC New York, the Silk Road Project at Harvard University, the Japanese American National Memorial to Patriotism in Washington, DC, the Center for Asian American Media in San Francisco, the Laurasian Institution in Seattle, the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and the Asia Society in New York.

He has developed teacher guides for films such as The Road to Beijing (a film on the Beijing Olympics narrated by Yo-Yo Ma and co-produced by 91勛圖 and the Silk Road Project), (a film developed by the Nuclear Security Project featuring former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, former Senator Sam Nunn, and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell), Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (an Academy Award-winning film about Japanese-American internment by Steven Okazaki), Doubles: Japan and Americas Intercultural Children (a film by Regge Life), A State of Mind (a film on North Korea by Daniel Gordon), (a film about kamikaze pilots by Risa Morimoto), Makikos New World (a film on life in Meiji Japan by David W. Plath), (a film by Kerry Y. Nakagawa), Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties (a film about Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II by Gayle Yamada), Citizen Tanouye (a film about a Medal of Honor recipient during World War II by Robert Horsting), Mrs. Judo (a film about 10th degree black belt Keiko Fukuda by Yuriko Gamo Romer), and Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story (a film by Regge Life about a woman who lost her life in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami). 

He has conducted numerous professional development seminars nationally (including extensive work with the Chicago Public Schools, Hawaii Department of Education, New York City Department of Education, and school districts in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County) and internationally (including in China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, and Turkey).

In 1997, Gary was the first regular recipient of the Franklin Buchanan Prize from the Association for Asian Studies, awarded annually to honor an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia at any educational level, elementary through university. In 2004, 91勛圖 received the Foreign Ministers Commendation from the Japanese government for its promotion of Japanese studies in schools; and Gary received recognition from the Fresno County Office of Education, California, for his work with students of Fresno County. In 2007, he was the recipient of the Foreign Ministers Commendation from the Japanese government for the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the United States, especially in the field of education. At the invitation of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, San Francisco, Gary participated in the Republic of Korea-sponsored 2010 Revisit Korea Program, which commemorated the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. At the invitation of the Nanjing Foreign Languages School, China, he participated in an international educational forum in 2013 that commemorated the 50th anniversary of NFLSs founding. In 2015 he received the Stanford Alumni Award from the Asian American Activities Center Advisory Board, and in 2017 he was awarded the Alumni Excellence in Education Award by the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Most recently, the government of Japan named him a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.

He is an editorial board member of the journal, Education 91勛圖 Asia; advisory board member for Asian Educational Media Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; board member of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association of Northern California; and selection committee member of the Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award, U.S.Japan Foundation. 

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The Sejong Korean Scholars Program (SKSP) is an online course for high school students sponsored by the  and the . The course is offered twice per yearspring and fallbut applications for both terms must be submitted the previous fall. For each term, 20-25 exceptional high school students from throughout the United States are selected to engage in an intensive study of Korea.

The SKSP provides students with a broad overview of Korean history and culture. Ambassadors, top scholars, and experts throughout the United States provide online lectures and engage students in live discussion sessions. Students also complete readings and weekly assignments, with the coursework culminating in an independent research project. Final research projects are printed in journal format. Students who successfully complete the course earn Stanford Continuing Studies Program (CSP) credit and a Certificate of Completion from 91勛圖, 91勛圖.

Students participate in 910 virtual classes via the Internet during either the Spring or Fall term. Students should expect to allot 46 hours per week to complete the lectures, discussions, readings, and assignments. Since this is a distance-learning course, however, students can structure most of the work around their individual schedules. Although intensive, this program equips participants with a rare degree of expertise about Korea that may have a significant impact on their choices of study and future careers. The SKSP is not a language course and is taught all in English. Students do not need to know the Korean language to participate in this course, and there are no student fees.

The 2014 Sejong Korean Scholars Program is currently accepting applications from all current high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors (Classes of 2014, 2015, and 2016) in the United States.  

For more information and to download the 2014 Sejong Korean Scholars Program application, please visit . All applications must be postmarked by the November 15, 2013 deadline.

Please contact Annie Lim, SKSP Instructor, at annielim@stanford.edu with questions or concerns.

 

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Just two days after the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, educators and students from both sides of the Pacific gathered at 91勛圖 to participate in the second annual HanaStanford Conference for Secondary School Teachers.  

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In his opening comments, Consul General Dongman Han, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco, noted the anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement and thanked the teachers for their dedication to teaching about Korea and U.S.Korean relations. Professor , Director, Shorenstein APARC, welcomed the 32 teachers from across the United States and from the . Professor Shin extended his gratitude to the for providing the primary support for this conference and expressed special appreciation to Dr. Hyeon Kee Bae, CEO of the Hana Institute of Finance, for his enthusiastic support and his presence. Gary Mukai, Director, 91勛圖, introduced the conference goal, which was to underscore the importance of integrating the study of Korea in U.S. schools.

Grace Kim, PhD candidate at U.C. Berkeley and Curriculum Writer, 91勛圖, served as the facilitator of the conference and introduced six distinguished scholars, including Professor Michael Robinson of Indiana University who spoke on Fitting Korea into Its Regional, Global, and Contemporary Geo-Political Contexts. Amanda Sutton from Valdosta, Georgia, reflected on Robinsons lecture noting, A great way to start off the conference by giving the audience a uniform basis of Koreas history and geography. I learned a lot and it was an honor to have met him. 

91勛圖 staff also demonstrated a number of 91勛圖s Korea-focused curricular materials to help teachers easily bring Korea into their classrooms. The titles of the curriculum units that teachers received included Divided Memories: Comparing History Textbooks, U.S.-South Korean Relations, Uncovering North Korea, Inter-Korean Relations: Rivalry, Reconciliation, and Reunification, and Dynamics of the Korean American Experience. Ive used 91勛圖 materials in the past, so Im sure these will meet those high standards, remarked Will Linser from Bellevue, Washington. I have incorporated Korea in my past classes, but after this conference I have a greater understanding, so I will highlight South Korea in the districts globalization unit. I am looking forward to using the materials.

The teachers were also treated to a lecture and performance of Pansori, Korean story singing, by Professor Chan E. Park, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, and a talk and performance by Da-seu-reum, a Samulnori Korean percussion group at the Hana Academy Seoul.

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Presentations by high school students from both Korea and the United States proved to be among the highlights of the conference. Three American high school students of the Sejong Korean Scholars Program, a national online course on Korea that is funded by the Korea Foundation, gave presentations and were honored by their instructor, Annie Lim, 91勛圖. Also, Korean students from Yongsan International School of Seoul, North London Collegiate School Jeju, and the Hana Academy Seoul provided teachers with insight into Korean society and the lives of Korean high school students.

Media coverage of the conference appeared in the (in Korean), (in Korean), and the , Georgia, which carried a story about the experiences of teacher attendees Amanda Sutton and Connie Wells. 

Because of the 60th anniversary, the conference had special symbolic meaningespecially when topics of the Korean War and U.S.Korean relations were discussed. The teachers dedication to the teaching of U.S.Korean relations to their students provides much hope and promise for greater understanding between the two countries. The conference planning committee hopes that the collegial relationships that formed during the formal and informal events of the conference will lend themselves to the creation of a community of learners amongst the teachersa community that extends beyond the conference itself. 

The HanaStanford Conference for Secondary School Teachers will be offered again in the summers of 2014, 2015, and 2016 and is sponsored by and 91勛圖 with a generous gift from the Hana Financial Group. Applications for the 2014 conference will become available on the 91勛圖 website in November 2013. 

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