한국전쟁 여성사 수업 사례 - 한국전쟁으로 배우자를 잃은 여성을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This case study and analysis article reconstructs the Korean War class from the perspective of women’s history under the theme of “women who lost their husbands in the Korean War.”<BR> I designed and conducted an in-depth study of the theme of ‘Women who lost their husbands in the Korean War’ in four stages in the Korean War unit. In the first and second stages, I presented data to each student and assigned them to glean from the data the times when many women lost their husbands in the war in the 1950s and society’s changing perspectives. In the third stage, I presented students with an example of a woman whose husband chose North Korea during the war; this revealed that the experience of women who lost their husbands in the Korean War was not uniform, and some women had to endure discrimination. In the final step, I instructed students to define women’s lives during the Korean War by synthesizing the previously examined contents and comparing them with textbook descriptions.<BR> During this class activity based on historical and oral data analysis, students found that many women lost their husbands, had to help their parents and contribute to economic activities, and had to raise their children alone. Students also understood that society viewed them negatively as objects that caused ethical confusion as women who lost their husbands took their places in economic activities and replaced the role of head of household. In particular, students learned anew that women whose husbands chose North Korea during the Korean War and broke up had to deal with the social punishment of being a “red family.”<BR> This class gave students a new look at the lives of people during the war at various levels, such as “women who lost their husbands in war” and “wives of husbands who chose North Korea during the war.”