Image exploration: a lucky dip followed by brainstorming. Write these questions on strips of paper and put them in a container. Your class will need to get into six groups.
Each group can select a card from the lucky dip and respond to the question on large sheets of paper.
The large sheets can also be passed from group to group with people adding comments to other pages.
Describe, in as much detail as you can, what you can see in this image.
What does this image remind you of? Why?
Who might this person be? What qualities do you think this person has?
How does this image make you feel? Why?
What questions would you ask the person in this image?
What do we find out about Korea from this image?
For 5000 years, Koreans have thought their mountains are sacred. ‘Koreans see mountains as though they were human beings. For them, the Baekdudaygan mountain range is their spine running down from Mt Baekdusan in the north to Mt Jirisan in the south. The Baekdudaygan is the spiritual origin of Koreans. Every year, many young people hike along these mountains and hills like a pilgrimage through their native land.' (http://www.tve.org > Earth Report > Archives > Mountain Road) What have you already discovered about Korea that helps you understand why mountains are so sacred?
Make a mind map around the theme of special or sacred places. This can be used as a starting point for:
a piece of writing exploring ‘What's special to me'
a survey of people of varying age, gender and culture to explore special places for others
some metaphors for some Australian icons, for example, Uluru, the Opera House, the Westgate Bridge, the Top End – just like the powerful metaphor of the Korean mountain range as a spine.
