Chuseok: Korea's Harvest Festival
Students read a nonfiction passage about Chuseok, the Korean harvest festival, written at 8 reading levels (1st grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage about Chuseok and find key details about its customs.
- Explain why families travel, honor ancestors, and share foods during the harvest festival.
- Find the meaning of new words such as charye and yunnori from context clues.
- Describe the order of events in a holiday celebration using the text.