Unit Overview
Tensions exist between traditional cultures and agents of modernization. Reactions for and against modernization depend on perspective and context.
Unit G2.08 Outline
5 Subunits
These resources introduce students to the concepts and vocabulary they will encounter in the unit.
Through these resources, students will trace the Chinese Civil War, including the role of warlords, nationalists, communists, and the world wars that resulted in the division of China into a communist-run People’s Republic of China and a nationalist-run Taiwan.
Through these resources, students will investigate tensions between modernization and traditional culture in Turkey under the rule of Kemal Atatürk.
Through these resources, students will investigate tensions between modernization and traditional culture in Iran under the Pahlavis and the Ayatollahs.
Our units are developed through a backwards design process in which we start with the summative assessments and then create resources and formative assessments based on the content and skills students will need to be successful (See Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe). We encourage teachers to start their planning by looking first at the end of unit assessments and then at specific resources.
Educators who need to access the teacher materials must first fill out the following access form. Once verified and added to the assessment access list, the materials can be accessed below and anywhere else on the New Visions website. Educators only need to fill out the form once.