PROGRAM

Thoughts become lyrics,
lyrics become a stage.

How 17 humanities periods and 17 K-pop periods across five subjects lead to one song and one stage — the ten days of classes, in order.

Humanities class discussion
The Heart of the Camp

In the age of AI, the goal is not to become someone anyone could be —
it is to become an irreplaceable version of yourself.

A camp that teaches K-pop creation on a foundation of Oxford-style humanities — questioning, debating, writing. Humanities gives depth to thought, K-pop gives it expression, and AI lowers the barrier to making a song.

1. In humanities class,
write English lyrics

2. Lyrics are set to
AI-composed music

3. Original songs + cover performances
come together on stage

Daily schedule and timetable — see Camp Life →

SELF DISCOVERY 4 QUESTIONS

Throughout the camp,
the questions that return

Four questions the children meet in their first humanities class and keep answering in their Creative Journal for ten days.

"What kind of music
do I like?"

"What sounds and styles
am I drawn to?"

"What am I
good at?"

"What emotions do I
want to express?"

HUMANITIES & ENGLISH · 17 PERIODS · 3 LEVELS

Think deeply.
Express boldly.

— Oxford-style Questioning & Debate

KISAS Humanities is a humanities-based enrichment programme in which students read age-appropriate English texts—especially literary works—discuss them with teachers and peers, reflect on themselves and the world, and extend those ideas into English lyrics and personal expression.

Rather than learning English only as a language subject, students experience how reading, questioning, discussion, reflection, and creative writing can help them build the foundations of humanities literacy while discovering their own voice.

Cohort 1 humanities class — group work in the classroom
Cohort 1 humanities class — reading the English text
Cohort 1 humanities class — presentations and questions

In class — each humanities period, one team of 5–6 reads and debates an English text.

Four Oxford-style teaching principles

Question Making

Students generate their own questions

Evidence Based

Claims are supported with textual evidence

Counter Example

Arguments are refined through counter-examples

Perspective Shifting

Understanding is expanded by adopting opposing perspectives

Eight class themes (original title · Korean)

Theme (original · Korean)
Essential question
1. Identity Seminar
Who am I when no one is watching?
2. Voice & Authenticity
What makes my voice authentic in an AI era?
3. Self-love & Boundaries
Where is the line between self-love and selfishness?
4. Connection Seminar
Why do we need each other?
5. Values & Legacy + Songwriting Finalization
What will I stand for?
6. Ethics & Empathy Debate
Can you respect someone without agreeing?
7. Writing Workshop
Essay Final & Lyric Commentary
8. Pitch Video Workshop
60-second Message Video

Four steps from story to lyric

HOOK

The strongest single line of the core question

VERSE

Turn a text-based image into a concrete scene

BRIDGE

A transitional sentence of resolve and hope

TAG

A question posed to the audience

Differentiated grouping by level

Eligibility: Grades 4–9Groups: small classes of 5–6

Three classes by English level (A·B·C) · one team of 5–6 per period · sentence starters matched to each level

Teaching Staff

Native teachers: lead the Oxford-style humanities classes in English
Bilingual teachers: co-teach bilingually and coach learning
Teaching assistants: individual feedback on essays and journals

Class structure is based on Cohort 1.

K-pop CREATIVE · 5 SUBJECTS · 17 PERIODS

Find Your Sound —
K-pop Creation to Discover Your Own Voice

Cohort 1 K-pop vocal class — voice training

Vocal · days 2–9

From breathing and pitch basics to learning the team-song melody; first recording on day 6, main recording days 7–9. Every team records at least twice — AI lead vocal, the students' own voices and an all-hands final chorus.

Cohort 1 dance class

Dance · days 2–9

Basic movement and rhythm on a cover song → the chorus killing part and point choreography → expression. Full run-through on day 9.

Entering lyrics into the AI composition tool — Cohort 1 K-pop composition class

AI Composition · days 2–6

Exploring sounds and genres → turning feelings into mood, tempo and instruments → a team-song prompt that joins lyrics and sound → generating and selecting songs on day 5 → the recording version fixed on day 6. Students decide; teachers translate it for the AI tool.

Cohort 1 Final Showcase — team performance

Performance · days 7–9

Stage blocking and formations, entrances and exits, gaze and expression. Singing and dancing at once, the cover stage becomes a piece of work.

Cohort 1 Final Showcase — full choir

Group Chorus · every evening

18:40–20:00, the whole camp sings together — leading to the 'Dynamite' finale on the last day.

Also — lectures and stages

Cohort 1 orientation — master lecture by Creative Director Kim Hyung-suk

Master lecture by Kim Hyung-suk (day 1)

Special lecture by lyricist Kim Eana — Cohort 1 auditorium

Lectures by Jang Dong-seon, Kim Eana, Park Min-kyung (days 2, 6, 8)

Cohort 1 guest performance — applied music department on stage

Guest live concert — Kim Hyung-suk, Cho Yong-woo and the Chung-Ang University applied-music band (day 9)

Cohort 1 Final Showcase — full choir

Final Showcase — original songs, cover dance, finale chorus (day 10, parents attend)

Based on Cohort 1. Programmes for the next camp may be added or changed as preparations progress.

Creation pipeline — Cohort 1 schedule

A student's English lyrics — “Starry, starry night”
1

Write English lyrics in humanities class (D2–5)

Cohort 1 AI composition class — writing the team-song prompt
2

Combine lyric fragments and a sound direction into the team-song AI prompt (D4)

AI composition tool on screen
3

Finalise the lyrics and generate and select songs with the AI tool Suno (D5)

Cohort 1 K-pop vocal class — recording booth
4

Finalise and record — first take (D6), main recording (D7–9), at least twice per team

Cohort 1 Final Showcase — full view of the stage
5

Final Showcase — original songs, cover-dance stage and finale chorus (D10)

K-pop = A Humanities-Based Collaborative System

Domain
Academic Discipline
Lyrics & Composition
Literature — lyrics are poetry
Singing & Dance
Phenomenology — feeling and expressing with the body
Concept · Style · MV
Aesthetics — what is beautiful
Community · Marketing
Sociology — how we meet people

This is not a camp that teaches the results of K-pop — it is a camp where participants learn to express their own ideas through the process of K-pop.

TEAM SONG

One team's stories,
one team song

Bringing together each member's thoughts and stories shared in the humanities classes, they use AI tools to weave them into a single set of lyrics, completing the team's own original song.

Team 2 · Invasion

Team 2 original 'Invasion' on stage · Cohort 1 Final Showcase

OUTCOME · CREATIVE JOURNAL

Ten days of growth,
captured in one workbook.

What the children take home after ten days — stage, English and portfolio.

Performance

K-pop cover performance videoAI song audioVocal recordingPerformance photos

Humanities & English

1 team English lyric1 personal English essay1 sixty-second pitch videoPersonal lyric collection

Portfolio to take home

Showcase videoPhotosCreative journal workbookCertificateTeacher feedback
Creative Journal Workbook (design mock-up) — Find Your Sound
창작 일기(Creative Journal)Ten class-activity pages + daily reflection + a parent page. After camp it goes home as the child's creative portfolio.
Humanities textbook (design mock-up) — Creator's Core Book
Humanities textbookCreator's Core Book — our own textbook of the readings and questions used in humanities class.
KISAS certificate (design mock-up) — Certificate of Completion
Certificate of CompletionEvery participant who completes the ten days receives an official KISAS certificate signed by both directors — a formal record of a first creative experience.
Workbook in use (Cohort 1)

Workbook, textbook and certificate images are design mock-ups and may differ from the actual items.