How and why was Korea divided after World War Two?
Why did the Korean War break out?
Why were UN troops sent to push the communists out of South Korea?
Why did UN troops push on into North Korea?
Why did China enter the conflict?
Why did Truman sack MacArthur and refuse to escalate the conflict?
Why did the conflict come to an end?
What the positive and negative outcomes of the conflict?
Interactice Caroon Analysis: The Korean War
Korean War: Worksheets and activities
Korean War: "Fling the Teacher" Challenge
How to do sourcework: animation | article
Printable Article: Doing Sourcework
Interactive Exercise: Analysing Cartoons [specific examples for Korea coming soon]
Markschemes and Sample Answers
20th Century Cartoonists: David Low, Bernard Partridge
The University of Kent Cartoon Hub: Fantastic Database of Cartoons to search through
Classtools.net "PostIt" Tool: Import a cartoon into the template, then annotate it
The Korean War by the Truman Library: VERY detailed and completely comprehensive!
The Korean War by CNN: An accessible site to accompany episode 5 of the CNN "Cold War" series.
Korean War by PBS: A good animated map of the conflict.
Korean War by BBC: A good narrative account.
Korean War by American Radio: Audio files, text accounts.
Korea Today: A good analysis of the legacy and the importance of the Korean War.
Korean War Links: Another page of links to worthwhile sites - well worth a look!