{"id":4303,"date":"2018-10-05T19:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2018-12-15T19:20:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T16:20:24","slug":"primary-source-analysis-causes-of-the-korean-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/primary-source-analysis-causes-of-the-korean-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary source analysis &#8211; causes of the Korean War"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/ppt_online\/index.php?id=ib_korea\">Who was responsible for the outbreak of the Korean War? Was Truman right to commit troops to the conflict?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Partway through the presentation students will be required to evaluate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/ppt_online\/ib_korea\/_INTEL_KOREAN_WAR.doc\">series of primary source documents<\/a> regarding these issues. An additional optional source is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/ppt_online\/ib_korea\/_NSC_68.doc\">extracts from NSC-68<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/GCSE\/Korean_War.php\">ActiveHistory study unit on the Korean War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4300\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur-565x300.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who was responsible for the outbreak of the Korean War? Was Truman right to commit troops to the conflict? Partway through the presentation students will be required to evaluate a series of primary source documents regarding these issues. An additional optional source is extracts from NSC-68. Part of the new ActiveHistory study unit on the&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/primary-source-analysis-causes-of-the-korean-war\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[1038,959,1022,332,396],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-igcse-gcse-history","tag-analysis","tag-korean","tag-primary","tag-source","tag-war"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4325,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/cartoon-story-analysis-the-korean-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":4303,"position":0},"title":"Cartoon story analysis &#8211; The Korean War","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"November 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Consolidation activity [3]: Cartoon story analysis Students take a cartoon story about the war and analyse it for partiality and omissions. Part of the new ActiveHistory study unit on the Korean War.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4329,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-korean-war-interactive-cartoon-analysis\/","url_meta":{"origin":4303,"position":1},"title":"The Korean War: Interactive Cartoon analysis","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"December 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Korean War: Interactive Cartoon analysis Analyse a series of cartoons by hovering over details and answering exam-style questions. When you have finished, the computer will provide you with a printout comparing your answer to a model answer. A great way to revise and develop sourcework skills. Part of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":365,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/korean-war-igcse-cartoon-analysis\/","url_meta":{"origin":4303,"position":2},"title":"Korean War &#8211; IGCSE Cartoon Analysis","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"April 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Analyse a series of IGCSE History level cartoons by hovering over details and answering exam-style questions. When you have finished, the computer will provide you with a printout comparing your answer to a model answer. A great way to revise and develop sourcework skills ready for the IGCSE History Examination!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4305,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/korean-war-interactive-newsfeed-exercise\/","url_meta":{"origin":4303,"position":3},"title":"Korean War &#8211; Interactive Newsfeed Exercise","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Korean War - Interactive Newsfeed Exercise Students are presented with a series of \"newsfeeds\" about the Korean War, which they use to complete this worksheet, and then answer a series of questions. Part of the new ActiveHistory study unit on the Korean War.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4321,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/korean-war-mini-debates\/","url_meta":{"origin":4303,"position":4},"title":"Korean War &#8211; Mini-Debates","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"November 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Mini-Debates Students are placed into prosecution and defence teams to analyse Truman's handling of the Korean War. There are some completed teacher notes available for this exercise. Part of the new ActiveHistory study unit on the Korean War.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/truman_macarthur.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":339,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-korean-war-background-and-significance\/","url_meta":{"origin":4303,"position":5},"title":"The Korean War &#8211; Background and Significance","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"April 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Korean War - Background and Significance In this activity, students consider the early events in the war, assess why the Korean War is historically significant, and reflect on the arguments for and against the involvement of the US and the UN.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;1900-2000 (GCSE History)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"1900-2000 (GCSE History)","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/category\/historical-periods\/20th-century\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4304,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}