Korean War & Korean War Memorial Notebooking Pages

These free Korean War Memorial Notebooking printables will help your elementary and middle school students show what they’ve learned about the Washington D.C. memorial to the veterans who served overseas in the Korean Conflict.

There are also printables for the veterans of The Forgotten War, the De-Militarized Zone (the 38th parallel), Sgt. Reckless the American War Horse, and The Korean War .

These Korean War and Korean War Memorial notebooking pages can be used for history, social studies, Eastern Hemisphere culture, or 20th Century History lessons. Online resources, videos, and book recommendations are below to help you and your students with their study of this conflict, while paying respect to those who served.

With these Korean War Memorial notebooking pages, your kids can write about a family member, a famous person, or just a generic soldier who served in the military during the Korean Conflict.

Or they can compare and contrast the Korean War with another war, perhaps the Vietnam War.

These Korean War & War Memorial notebooking printables work for many different writing assignments in multiple subjects.

Your students could write a report or a story, or even facts they have learned about The Forgotten War in Korea, or the De-Militarized Zone in between North and South Korea.

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Resources for Researching The Korean War

There aren’t many resources for learning about the Korean War for younger children, so I’ve included several about the pony the Marines used on the front lines to carry ammo.

Here’s a brief summary of what happened, the Korean War was two wars being fought at once.

First of all, there was a ruthless dictator who wanted to reunite both North and South Korea under his cruel regime fighting against another ruthless dictator who wanted to reunite both North and South Korea under his cruel regime, except this dictator wasn’t a communist.

Secondly, China (and Russia) were fighting a Cold War against the United States (and Great Britain) by helping the North Koreans (China) and South Koreans (U.S.).

In the end, neither side won. And technically the war never ended since an official peace treaty was never signed.

Millions of civilians and half a million soldiers lost their lives.

Library List

Sgt. Reckless the War Horse: Korean War Hero (Animal Heroes) by Melissa Higgins up to 3rd grade

Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick elementary

Sergeant Reckless Braves the Battlefield: Heroic Korean War Horse (Heroic Animals) by Bruce Bergland upper elementary

Cold War Correspondent (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11): A Korean War Tale 3rd to 7th grades

Devotion (Adapted for Young Adults): An Epic Story of Heroism and Friendship by Adam Makos **This story is similar to the book/movie Unbroken, a story of an airman in WW2. Middle School and Up

Great Battles for Boys the Korean War by Joe Giorello Middle School and Up

Reckless: Pride of the Marines by Andrew Greer uplifting, heartwarming story, but does also include the gritty real-life details of war. Probably best for parents and upper high school

OR They Called Her Reckless — A True Story of War, Love And One Extraordinary Horse by Janet Barrett Probably best for parents and upper high school

Online Resources

Short video of Sgt. Reckless the Marine Horse (does include images of explosions)

Story summary of Sgt. Reckless’ achievements and awards

The front page of The New York Times on June 28, 1950, when Truman announced he had ordered troops to Korea.

Tourists observations of the DMZ at the 38th Parallel

Videos

Walk Through of the Korean War Memorial

Sgt. Reckless by The History Guy

Jesse Brown and Thomas Hudner: A Tale of Two Pilots by The History Guy This is the story from the book, Devotion, listed above.

How the Korean War Started and Ended from Captivating History This video has an “advisory warning” on it, but the only graphic part that I noticed is from timestamp 9:30-9:32. The video has a lot of facts and is interesting, but it probably won’t hold the attention of kids younger than 10.

Names of the Fallen Soldiers Added to the Memorial–Interviews with veteran and family members might be too emotional for younger kids

More veterans’ stories might be too emotional for younger kids

Korean War Memorial Notebooking and Journaling Printables

These Korean War printables come in 3 differentiated levels to fit all of your student’s needs. There are large elementary lined, a smaller elementary lined, and regular lined notebooking pages.

These Korean War Memorial notebooking pages also work well for handwriting practice or copywork, maybe of famous military leaders’ quotes.

The following topics are covered in these Korean War Notebooking Pages:

• North Korea v. South Korea
• Korean War
• DMZ and the 38th Parallel
• Reckless the Marines Horse
• Korean War Memorial
• The Forgotten War Veterans: United States

More War Memorial Homeschool Resources

• Arlington National Cemetery Notebooking Printables
• Vietnam War Memorial Notebooking Pages
• Memorial Day Notebooking Pages
• Veteran’s Poppies
• Veteran’s Day Family Remembrance Book Kids’ Printable