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"Tent Classroom at the Evacuee School" Educational Program to Be Held for Elementary Students in the First Half of 2025

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The Provisional Capital Memorial Hall (part of Busan Modern and Contemporary History Museum) has announced

that it will host the "Tent Classroom at the Evacuee School," an educational program

designed for elementary students in grades 4 to 6 and their families during the first half of 2025.

The "Tent Classroom at the Evacuee School" is an experiential learning program

that takes place in an outdoor tent classroom at the Memorial Hall,

offering diverse activities to deepen participants' understanding of Busan as the wartime provisional capital during the Korean War.

The theme for the first half of 2025 is "Life in Busan as the Wartime Capital."

The program will run every Saturday and Sunday from the second week of April to the second week of May,

with one session per day (from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM), totaling 10 sessions.

Each session includes:

 ▲ A thematic lecture on daily life in wartime Busan

 ▲ A guided tour of the exhibition hall

 ▲ A hands-on activity decorating traditional Korean rubber shoes ("gomusin")

Participants will first visit the rubber shoe exhibit at the museum

to learn about everyday life during the Korean War and the history of Busan’s rubber shoe industry.

Afterwards, participants will move to the outdoor tent classroom to decorate their own rubber shoes.

The program is free of charge and open to elementary students in grades 4 to 6,

each accompanied by one guardian. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis (8 teams per session),

and applications must be made through Busan’s integrated reservation website (reserve.busan.go.kr) from Monday (9:00 AM) to Wednesday (6:00 PM) of each corresponding week.

Registration for the first weekend sessions (April 12–13) opens on April 7 at 9:00 AM and closes on April 9 at 6:00 PM.

A guardian can register on behalf of the student, but only one student per user ID may be registered.

For additional information, please visit the Provisional Capital Memorial Hall's website (www.busan.go.kr/monument) or contact ☎051-231-6341.

Dong Jin-sook, Director of the Provisional Capital Memorial Hall, commented,

"Through the Tent Classroom at the Evacuee School, we hope that participants can experience the challenging lives led by the citizens of Busan during wartime, learn valuable wisdom from their resilience, and understand Busan’s historic role as Korea’s provisional capital and industrial hub during the Korean War."