ASSESSMENTS AND EXTENSIONS

Formative Assessments
Directions for these assessments are provided under each activity.

• Activity 4.1
  • Worksheet on President Wilson’s Fourteen Points for Peace
• Activity 4.2
  • ​Expert Group Assignment
  • Home Group Assignment (may also be considered a summative assessment)

Summative Assessment: Persuasive Letter to President Wilson

• Use the Lesson 4: The Korean Independence Movement PPT presentation to support this assessment.
• Note: This may be treated as a full writing process activity. If so, follow the outline under Lesson 3 Assessments.

Introduce the Assignment

• Have students reflect on what they have learned by having them take the persona of a Korean living in the U.S. in 1919 and compose a letter to President Wilson encouraging the U.S. to support the Korean Independence Movement. This may be done as an informal or formal writing activity. Distribute the How to Write a Formal Letter Handoutif students need the information.

Writing Prompt

• Writing Prompt: Imagine you are a Korean schoolgirl who participated in the Korean Independence Movement in 1919. Compose a letter to President Wilson, asking the U.S. to take a position in favor of Korean independence.
• Some arguments or points you might connect to in your letter:
  • The Fourteen Points Speech and notion of self-determination
  • The devastation of World War I
  • Global advocacy and organization for Korean independence by Koreans living in the United States, Korea, China, Russia, and Mexico
  • Japan’s colonization of Korea and violation of principles of the Fourteen Points

​Resources

• Handout: Persuasive Letter Directions and Scoring Rubric

Persuasive Letter Directions and Scoring Rubric (PDF)