Gwangju Uprising

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/gwangju-uprising

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. What is the event name?

2. 2. What is the location?

3. 3. Why did the students start the protest on May 18, 1980?

4. 4. How did the soldiers react to the protest?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Authoritarianism

• Civil Liberties

• Pro-democracy Movement

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.