K-Pop: Reliving the Rise of BTS
Create a colorful timeline scrapbook of BTS's rise using photos, captions, and simple timelines to explore music history, teamwork, and cultural impact.
Step-by-step guide to create a colorful timeline scrapbook for K-Pop: Reliving the Rise of BTS
How BTS Became the Biggest Band of the Century?
Step 1
Choose a clean workspace and lay out all your materials so everything is easy to reach.
Step 2
Pick 6 to 10 key BTS milestones you want to feature like debut first album first world tour and major awards.
Step 3
Write each milestone on a separate sticky note with the date and one short sentence describing it.
Step 4
Find one photo or image that matches each milestone from magazines or online sources.
Step 5
Ask an adult to help you print or cut out the photos you found.
Step 6
Trim the photos with scissors so they fit nicely on your scrapbook pages.
Step 7
Divide the scrapbook into sections and write the year or era at the top of each page with your ruler to keep it neat.
Step 8
Arrange the photos on the first page in chronological order without gluing them down yet.
Step 9
Write a short one-sentence caption under each photo describing what happened in that milestone.
Step 10
Glue each photo and its caption onto the page in the order you arranged.
Step 11
Decorate around the photos with stickers colored paper and drawings to show the mood of each era.
Step 12
Draw a simple timeline line or arrows across the page and mark the dates next to each photo.
Step 13
Flip through your scrapbook to check the order and make any small adjustments you want.
Step 14
Share your finished creation on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
If I don't have a printer, sticky notes, or scrapbook paper, what can I use instead?
Use magazine cutouts or hand-drawn images instead of printed photos, write milestones on small torn pieces of colored paper or index cards in place of sticky notes, and repurpose a plain notebook or a cereal-box cover wrapped in colored paper as your scrapbook pages.
What should I do if the photos don't fit the pages or keep coming unstuck after I glue them?
Trim photos with your scissors to fit each page as instructed, test the chronological layout first without gluing, then use a glue stick or double-sided tape and press firmly while it dries to keep images from lifting.
How can I adapt this activity for younger children or older kids who want more challenge?
For younger kids, reduce to 3–5 milestones and have an adult help with printing and cutting and let them draw captions, while older kids can include 10+ milestones, write longer captions, use a ruler to create a precise timeline line, and research exact award dates.
How can we enhance or personalize the scrapbook beyond stickers and colored paper?
Add interactive elements like flaps or pockets for concert-ticket replicas, attach QR codes or short playlists next to each photo to link to songs from that era, and decorate each page to match the mood of the era before sharing on DIY.org.
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K-Pop's Rise in the West: How BTS Changed the Music Industry Forever
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THE HISTORY OF BTS
How Did BTS Become This Popular?
Facts about K-pop and music history
🎤 BTS debuted in 2013 as seven members who started out performing in small venues and practicing together.
🌍 BTS helped spread the Korean Wave worldwide and have even spoken and performed at the United Nations.
🏆 In 2020 BTS became the first K-pop group to top the Billboard Hot 100 with their song "Dynamite."
▶️ BTS music videos break streaming records—"Dynamite" got over 100 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours.
✍️ Many BTS members co-write and co-produce their songs, often exploring themes like youth, friendship, and self-care.
