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Koreans and Korean Americans place on education. There are also articles on democracy in Asia
and the history wars in East Asia.
Grade Eleven – United States History and Geography: Continuity and
Change in Modern United States History
Standard 11.7 Students analyze America’s participation in World War II.
Standard 11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II.
Standard 11.9 (3) Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences (foreign and domestic) of the
Cold War and containment policy. (The Korean War is one of seven developments listed)
The 2016 Framework makes the following references to Korea:
World War II - A majority of the American prisoners were later transported in the hulls of
unmarked vessels termed as “Hell Ships” to Japan, China, Formosa and Korea where they
worked as slave laborers.
How did American foreign policy shift after World War II? Why was the period between
1946 and 1990 known as the Cold War? Students examine the nuclear arms race and buildup,
Berlin blockade and airlift, United Nations’ intervention in Korea, Eisenhower’s conclusion of
the Korean War, and his administration’s defense policies based on nuclear deterrence and the
threat of massive retaliation, including the CIA-assisted coup in Iran as part of early Cold War
history. The framework recommends two books based on oral histories, memoirs, and other
primary sources that represent soldiers’ and refugees’ experiences during the Korean War:
Linda Granfield’s I Remember Korea, and Rudy Tomedi’s No Bugles, No Drums.
Teaching East Asia: Korea incorporates a document-based essay on the Korean War.
Grade Twelve – Principles of American Democracy (One Semester) (2 entries,
one reference to South Korea and the other North Korea)
Standard 12.9 Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and developments of different
political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances
and obstacles.
Standard 12.9 (5) Identify the forms of illegitimate power that twentieth century African, Asian,
and Latin American dictators used to gain and hold office and the conditions and interests that
supported them.
Standard 12.9 (8) Identify the successes of relatively new democracies in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America and the ideas, leaders, and general societal conditions that have launched and sustained,
or failed to sustain them.
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