3･1운동과 기억 : 교과서로 익힌 상식을 짚어보다

Abstract

If we take a look at some changes that happened in the past on pages of school textbooks describing the background, progressing and meaning of the March 1st Movement, we can see some parts reflecting results of academic research achieved so far, as well as some parts which definitely have not. There are incorrect accounts or even observations yet to be proved by others included in the textbooks. Various points of view are also embedded in the contents: some are from the conservative base of the historical community while some are from the progressive base. In that regard, one may argue that the contents of the textbooks are also historical beings, which would accumulate, change, or even be distorted with the passage of time. The general perception of the March 1st Movement as depicted in the textbooks reflect such evolution of people’s view of the very movement. In this article, the general structure of the textbooks outlining the March 1st Movement –the background, the progressing, and the meaning- is reevaluated, in order to have an overall look of how this movement have been described in Korean High school textbooks, since the liberation and up until now.