Unit Overview
How do attempts at Modernization and maintaining cultural traditions cause conflict in and between communities?
Tensions exist between traditional cultures and agents of modernization. Reactions for and against modernization depend on perspective and context.
NYS Framework Content Standards
10.07, 10.08
Unit G2.08 Outline
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.