Exploring the Value of Jeju Moseulpo Korean War Relics as a Subject for Geography Education of Elementary Social Studies

This study explored the value of the Air Force Memorial Monument erected on the playground of Daejeong Elementary School and other Korean War relics around the school as subjects of elementary social studies geography education, Values were categorized as historical, geographical, and educational values, and the results are as follows. First, the ruins related to the Korean War in Moseulpo are of great value as empirical historical data that Jeju Island, located geographically in the rear, served as an outpost for the Korean War. Second, Moseulpo has been used as a military site since the pre-Korean War Japanese colonial era for geographical reasons and plays an important role in the modern and contemporary history of the Republic of Korea. Third, it has educational value for identity formation by expanding the geographical space through relations with me personality, the region, and the country by teaching about the history behind the Korean War relics and what they mean and how they are used today. In addition, it can be fully used as an object to expand the geographical experience of learners through programs such as local landscape exploration.