The 2016 Framework includes the following :
Students can utilize what they learned in grade ten about communism , the Russian Revolution , the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin , and the expansion of Soviet power after World War II to recall the components of non-elected government in twentieth-century Russia …. Students can also address authoritarian regimes in recent times places like Cuba , Laos , Vietnam , North Korea , Sudan , Syria , and China , with attention to similarities and differences from one another , such as the need for control of information , and the difficulties such regimes face in maintaining control of information given modern technology , such as the Internet and cell phones .
Attention also should be given to historical and contemporary movements that overthrew tyrannical governments and / or movements toward democratic government in countries such as Spain , Poland , Mexico , Argentina , Chile , the Philippines , South Korea , Guatemala , El Salvador , South Africa , Turkey , and Egypt . However , as each case illustrates , democracy is a process and must be understood on a spectrum and in its own geopolitical and temporal context .
Teaching East Asia : Korea includes a published essay , “ Democracy in Asia ” and instructions for History Today news shows that allow for students to investigate issues related to Japanese occupation and current tensions among East Asian nations .
Grade Twelve – Principles of Economics ( One Semester )
12.6 Students analyze issues of international trade and explain how the U . S . economy affects , and is affected by , economic forces beyond the borders of the United States .
Teaching East Asia : Korea includes a document-based essay on South Korea ’ s economic and technological development . The book also includes information on South Korea ’ s scientific and technological achievement .
Appendix A - Problems , Questions , and Themes in the History and Geography Classroom
Apple ’ s iPod , for example , is designed in northern California and assembled in China , out of components that originate in Japan , Taiwan , Korea , Singapore , and many other countries . A leading example of “ modular ” production , the iPod ’ s cosmopolitan origins reflect the new realities of the integrated twenty-first century economy .
Overseas markets have been even more vital to the growth of smaller “ Pacific Rim ” economies such as Singapore , Taiwan , and South Korea in the 1980s and 1990s . In contrast to China ’ s experience , economic growth and market reforms in these countries coincided with political reform .
Teaching East Asia : Korea includes a document-based essay on South Korea ’ s economic and technological development and states how it compares to other Asian countries that have experienced rapid economic development .
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