"The Guide reveals the huge amount of work that went into its creation: finding the primary sources; creating the timelines; and creating the prompts to guide students deeper into the sources and the events they reveal. It's all very well done."
—Uldis Kruze,
Professor of History,
University of San Francisco
“Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide, 2nd ed.
Author: Sung Sohn
Contributors: Eric Mar, Christina Tang, Faye Kwan, Steven Whyte & Ellen Wilson
Paperback: 164 pages
Publication date: April 2019
ISBN: 978-1-950111-02-2
The stories of “comfort women” are stories of an ongoing, collective, and resilient struggle. “Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide, 2nd Edition illuminates both the history of Japanese military sex slaves and the international effort to bring justice to the victims of these war crimes. Composed of a historical overview, primary and secondary source documents from the 1930s to modern times, and relevant lesson plans and activity sheets, the teachers’ edition is a comprehensive guide for educators seeking to teach about this sidelined atrocity. The second edition also contains updated information: recent events in the movement, a 10-page list of topics and themes related to the history and issues of “comfort women,” and an artists’ reflection from the sculptors of “Women’s Column of Strength, ” Steven Whyte and Ellen Wilson. This inquiry-based resource guide provides teachers with questions and topics to help students apply analytical and critical thinking skills when they read and write comparative analyses on the topic of “comfort women” and closely related issues. Comparative thinking strategies, namely comparing and contrasting, lead students to develop their expository writing skills and synthesize learning, as well as offer a meaningful opportunity to think about their civic engagement. The content provided in this book is multifaceted and intersects various disciplines, incorporating the 2017 California History-Social Science Framework, which includes the “comfort women” passage.
—Uldis Kruze,
Professor of History,
University of San Francisco
“Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide, 2nd ed.
Author: Sung Sohn
Contributors: Eric Mar, Christina Tang, Faye Kwan, Steven Whyte & Ellen Wilson
Paperback: 164 pages
Publication date: April 2019
ISBN: 978-1-950111-02-2
The stories of “comfort women” are stories of an ongoing, collective, and resilient struggle. “Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide, 2nd Edition illuminates both the history of Japanese military sex slaves and the international effort to bring justice to the victims of these war crimes. Composed of a historical overview, primary and secondary source documents from the 1930s to modern times, and relevant lesson plans and activity sheets, the teachers’ edition is a comprehensive guide for educators seeking to teach about this sidelined atrocity. The second edition also contains updated information: recent events in the movement, a 10-page list of topics and themes related to the history and issues of “comfort women,” and an artists’ reflection from the sculptors of “Women’s Column of Strength, ” Steven Whyte and Ellen Wilson. This inquiry-based resource guide provides teachers with questions and topics to help students apply analytical and critical thinking skills when they read and write comparative analyses on the topic of “comfort women” and closely related issues. Comparative thinking strategies, namely comparing and contrasting, lead students to develop their expository writing skills and synthesize learning, as well as offer a meaningful opportunity to think about their civic engagement. The content provided in this book is multifaceted and intersects various disciplines, incorporating the 2017 California History-Social Science Framework, which includes the “comfort women” passage.
Survivor Yong-Soo “Grandma” Lee (b.Korea, 1928) supports providing education on the history and issues of “comfort women.” Upon receiving ESJF’s Teacher Resource Guide, she said, “Thank you for remembering us.”
"An innovative approach to inform the next generation of the tragedies that happened to real people many years before they were born. The author and contributors bring life to these sad memories while also examining this tragic history from historical bird’s eye view and looking towards the future."
—Theresa Der-Lan Yeh,
Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and research fellow of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program,
National Taiwan University
“Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide
Author: Sung Sohn
Contributors: Eric Mar, Christina Tang, Faye Kwan
Paperback: 112 pages
Publication date: March 2018
ISBN: 978-1-950111-00-8
The stories of “comfort women” are stories of an ongoing, collective, and resilient struggle. “Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide illuminates both the history of Japanese military sex slaves and the international effort to bring justice to the victims of these war crimes. Composed of a historical overview, primary and secondary documents from the 1930s to modern times, and relevant lesson plans and activity sheets, this edition is a thorough guide for educators seeking to teach about this sidelined atrocity. The inquiry-based resource guide provides teachers with questions and topics to help students apply analytical and critical thinking skills when they read and write comparative analyses on the topic of “comfort women” and closely related issues. Comparative thinking strategies, namely comparing and contrasting, lead students to develop their expository writing skills and synthesize learning, as well as offer a meaningful opportunity to think about their civic engagement. The content provided in this book is multifaceted and intersects various disciplines, incorporating the 2017 California History-Social Science Framework, which includes the “comfort women” passage.
—Theresa Der-Lan Yeh,
Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and research fellow of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program,
National Taiwan University
“Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide
Author: Sung Sohn
Contributors: Eric Mar, Christina Tang, Faye Kwan
Paperback: 112 pages
Publication date: March 2018
ISBN: 978-1-950111-00-8
The stories of “comfort women” are stories of an ongoing, collective, and resilient struggle. “Comfort Women” History and Issues: Teacher Resource Guide illuminates both the history of Japanese military sex slaves and the international effort to bring justice to the victims of these war crimes. Composed of a historical overview, primary and secondary documents from the 1930s to modern times, and relevant lesson plans and activity sheets, this edition is a thorough guide for educators seeking to teach about this sidelined atrocity. The inquiry-based resource guide provides teachers with questions and topics to help students apply analytical and critical thinking skills when they read and write comparative analyses on the topic of “comfort women” and closely related issues. Comparative thinking strategies, namely comparing and contrasting, lead students to develop their expository writing skills and synthesize learning, as well as offer a meaningful opportunity to think about their civic engagement. The content provided in this book is multifaceted and intersects various disciplines, incorporating the 2017 California History-Social Science Framework, which includes the “comfort women” passage.
