Paper 2: Sourcework - The Korean War

You will be presented with a range of sources, and then a series of questions to answer.

Some key questions for you to consider:

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?


Materials produced by Mr. Tarr

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

External Links

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!