STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Demonstrate knowledge of the political, economic, and social contributions of Chinese dynasties and the major figures within each.

 II.     Evaluate the role of geography in China’s history.

 III.    Summarize and analyze the development of the philosophies, religions, and literature of China.

 IV.     Formulate models and patterns of how Chinese civilization has contributed to and interacted with the development of Western civilization.

 V.      Compare the development of Chinese civilization with the development of Western civilization.

 VI.     Evaluate sources and perspectives on Chinese history, applying new knowledge of Chinese history, as to the reliability or prejudices of the sources and viewpoints.

 VII.    Apply Chinese and Western history to anticipate future relations.

 VIII.    Four general goals integrate history with workplace skills:

       A.      Acquire information from many sources

       B.      Break complex and multiple sources of information down into parts to create clearer understanding

       C.      Understand the impact of time and space on perspective

       D.      Develop narrative structures and arguments based on evidence

 IX.     Throughout the course, students should be introduced to course content, practice using course content, and demonstrate they can:

       A.        Describe how peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions covered in this course change over time

       B.        Understand the events covered in the course in historical context and recognize how social, cultural, gender, race, religion, nationality and other identities affect historical perspective

       C.        Communicate orally and in writing about the subject of the course and select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems and compile information

       D.        Use different resources for historical research, including libraries, databases, bibliographies and archives

       E.         Analyze secondary sources and recognize differences in historical interpretation

       F.         Identify types of primary sources, the point of view and purpose of their author or creator

       G.        Create substantive writing samples which employ critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, and document those sources correctly

       H.        Construct knowledge in the discipline and synthesize historical narratives and timelines from primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts and critically analyze, interpret and evaluate many different points of view to construct historical arguments.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Survey of the Chinese dynasties

         A.      Qin

         B.      Quin-Han

         C.      Tang

         D.      Ming

         E.      Chin

         F.      Communist

         G.      Post communist

         H.      The late Ming and Conquest of the Machus

 II.     West meets East:

         A.      Kangxi `Wooing the Intellectuals`

         B.      Qianlong

         C.      Opium and the 18th Century

         D.      Britain and the Treaty System

         E.      The Taiping Rebellion

 III.    Restoration and Reform:

         A.      Missionaries

         B.      Late Quing

         C.      The Japanese War

         D.      End of the Qing

 IV.     New Republic

         A.      Yuan Shih Kai & Sun Yat-sen

         B.      Experiments in Government

         C.      Mao Zedong & Soviets - The Long March and the Xi`an Incident

 V.      World War & Revolution

         A.      China Divided - Chongqing & Yan`an

         B.      Fall of Guonindang

         C.      The Birth of the People`s Republic - The Korean War

         D.      The Hundred Flowers

 VI.     The New Society

         A.      Sino-Soviet Rift

         B.      The Cultural Revolution

         C.      Execution of Mayor Yin

         D.      The Four Modernizations & The Democracy Wall

 VII.    Contemporary China

         A.      Post Chairman Mao Levels of Power

         B.      US  Relations and Open Door