SS-240 East Asian History

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Assessment strategies

1.1 Describe the boundaries and home base
of the states in East Asia.

• Home Essay Tests scored with rubric

1.2 Explain East Asian’s attitudes toward       
Nature.

1.3 Describe the agricultural systems of East     
Asian regions.

1.4 Describe the villages and towns of East     
Asian states.

1.5 Describe the traditional system and the   
regional differences.

1.6 Describe the Neolithic revolution in the
valleys of Yellow River and Yangtze
River.

1.7 Explain the agricultural origins in
Southeast Asia.

1.8 Describe the peoples and early kingdoms
of Southeast Asia.

1.9 Explain the origins of China, the Shang,
and Zhou dynasties.

1.10 Describe the Warring States.

1.11 Describe Confucius and explain his
teaching.

1.12 Describe the Chinese Language and its
effect on East Asian states.

Assessment strategies

2.1 Describe the authoritarianism of the Qin
dynasty.

• Comprehensive Exams

2.2 Explain the expansion, the culture, and
pattern of trade during Han dynasty.

2.3 Describe the cities of ancient China, the
achievements, and the impact of
agricultural development on the
environment during Han era.

2.4 Describe the founder of Buddhism, and
explain the religion’s split into Hinayana
and Mahayana, and its spread into China.

2.5 Describe the end of the Han and the
emergence of the Northern Wei.

2.6 Describe the Move South, and
reunification under Sui and Tang
dynasties.

2.7 Explain the Tang System and its capital
city of Chang’an in an Age of Imperial
Splendor.

2.8 Describe Buddhism in Late Tang, and its
sects.

2.9 Describe the decline and the collapse of
the Tang dynasty.

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Describe the emergence of Northern
Song.

• Comprehensive Exams

3.2 Describe the development of the Civil
Service and the reform.

3.3 Explain the culture and conquest of the
Song.

3.4 Explain the emergence of the Southern
Song.

3.5 Describe the innovation and
technological development of the Song.

3.6 Describe the emergence of Neo-
Confucianism.

3.7 Describe the Mongol’s invasion of China
and the creation of the Yuan dynasty.

3.8 Explain the founding of the Ming
dynasty.

3.9 Describe the commerce and culture
during Ming.

3.10 Describe the imperial capital at Beijing
and the complacency and decline.

3.11 Describe Qing glory and technological
backwardness.

Assessment strategies

4.1 Describe Korean tradition and the Han
conquest and its aftermath.

• Take Home Essay Tests scored with rubric

4.2 Describe the kingdoms of Koguryo, Silla,
and Koryo.

4.3 Describe the Mongol’s conquest and its
aftermath.

4.4 Describe ancient Vietnam and its status
as a tributary state of China.

4.5 Describe the creation of the Buddhist
dynasties in Vietnam.

4.6 Describe Vietnamese expansion and the
civil wars.

4.7 Describe cultural development in
Vietnam and its relations with the West.

4.8 Describe the origin and beginning of
Japan.

4.9 Explain the collapse of Heian and the rise
of the Kamakura shogunate.

4.10 Explain the Mongol’s invasion of Japan,
the end of the Kamakura shogunate and
the rise of the Ashikaga.

4.11 Explain the Onin War and economic
growth.

4.12 Describe the development of trade and
rise of piracy.

4.13 Describe the renewed Civil War in
Japan.

Assessment strategies

5.1 Describe the arrival of Portuguese and
its Commercial Enterprises in Asia and
Southeast Asia.  

• Comprehensive Exams

5.2 Describe the establishment of the
Spanish Colony in the Philippines.

5.3 Describe the introduction of
Christianity and the Spice Trade in
Southeast Asia. 

5.4 Describe the Dutch and the English
arrival in Asia.

5.5 Describe the 5Tokugawa Order and the
exclusion of Westerners from Japan.

5.6 Describe the threat of Western
Imperialism.

5.7 Explain the besieged of China.

5.8 Describe the activities of Western
missionaries and Traders.

5.9 Describe the Taiping Rebellion, the
Treaty ports, and mission schools.

5.10 Describe the reform efforts and the
Boxer Uprising.

Assessment strategies

6.1 Describe the Japanese throne and
political leader

• Comprehensive Exams and/or Take Home Essay Test score with rubric

6.2 Explain the industrialization and
Westernization efforts in Japan.

6.3 Describe the development of the
Meiji Constitution, the Japanese
Imperialism in Korea, and the conflict
with Russia.

6.4 Explain Japanese Overseas
acquisition after World War I.

6.5 Describe the renewed Civil War in
Japan.

6.7 Describe the Meiji culture and its
accomplishments.

6.8 Explain the spread of Christianity in
Korea.

6.9 Explain the presence of Japan and
other foreign powers in Korea.                                 

Assessment strategies

7.1 Describe the rise of nationalism in China. 

• Take Home Essay Tests score with rubric

7.2 Describe the Sun Yat-sen Constitution
and Revolution.

7.3 Describe the Warlords, the New Social
Mobility and the New Culture
Movement.

7.4 Describe the May 4th Movement.  

7.5 Explain the Chinese Northern Expedition.  

7.6 Describe the Japanese interest in Nanjing
and its full-scale invasion of the territory.

7.7 Describe the failures and successes of the
Chinese nationalist movements.

7.8 Describe the Long March and United
Front.

7.9 Describe the rise of militarists in Japan.

7.10 Explain Japanese invasion of Manchuria
and the China “Incident.”

Assessment strategies

8.1 Explain the Alliance between Chiang and
the Americans.

• Comprehensive Exams

8.2 Describe the Civil War in China and the
Great Leap Forward.  

8.3 Explain the Chinese Cultural Revolution.  

8.4 Describe the development in China after
Mao.

8.5 Describe the revival of Japan after World
War II. 

8.6 Describe the development of Korea and
the effect of the Korean War.

8.7 Describe the development in the
Southeast Asian states after World War
II.