Curriculum
Development and Democracy in East Asia Unit Documents
Unit Guide, Unit Storyboard, Lesson Calendar
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson One
Where is East Asia? Unit Launch
Students learn the modern map of East Asia, and review the unit storyboard and unit guide
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Two
The Chinese Revolution (Q1)
Students learn the story of the Chinese Revolution, then tell the story back using because, but, so sentences
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Three
Mao Rules China (Q1)
Students learn the story of Mao’s rule of China, then tell the story back in a four sentence story
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Four
Forward to Mao's "Little Red Book" (Q2)
Students interpret the forward to the December 1966 edition of “Quotations of Chairman Mao,” better known as Mao’s “little red book.”
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Five
Wars in Korea and Vietnam (Q1)
Students learn the stories of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, then tell the stories back using because, but, so sentences
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Six
Japan's Economic Miracle (Q1)
Students learn the story of Japan’s dramatic economic growth, then tell the story back in four-box storyboard
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Seven
Japan Promotes Economic Development (Q2)
Students interpret and excerpt from the forward to a Japanese government economic report in 1956
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Eight
Prosperity and Democracy in South Korea and Taiwan (Q1)
Students learn the story of economic prosperity in South Korea and Taiwan, then tell the story back using because, but, so sentences
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Nine
Chun Doo Hwan's Speech on Democracy (Q2)
Students interpret excerpts from a televised speech in which Chun Doo Hwan states that South Korea will become a democracy
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Ten
Deng Xiaoping's Economic Reforms in China (Q1)
Students learn the story of Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms in China, then tell the story back using a four-sentence story
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Eleven
China Crushes the Tiananmen Square Protests (Q1)
Students learn the story of the Tiananmen Square Protests in China, then tell the story back in a four-box storyboard
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Twelve
The CCP Defends Its Crackdown on Tiananmen Square (Q2)
Students interpret part of a Chinese government statement about the Tiananmen Square Protests
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Thirteen
Explaining Democratization in South Korea but Not China (Q3)
Students learn about a correlating factor that may explain why South Korea democratized in the late 1980s but China did not. They then compare another case, and write a generalized hypothesis about the conditions under which authoritarian regimes become democracies.
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Fourteen
China Under Xi Jinping (Q1)
Students learn the story of China under Xi Jinping, then tell the story back in a four-sentence story
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Fifteen
Xi Jinping's Vision for China (Q2)
Students interpret an excerpt from Xi Jinping’s speech at a ceremony marking the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the communist party
Development and Democracy in East Asia Lesson Sixteen
Should democracies buy from China? (Q4)
Students judge whether democracies should buy from China. They then write principles about under what conditions democracies should buy from authoritarian countries.