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Peer reviewedFleming, Dan B.; Kaufman, Burton I. – Social Education, 1990
Evaluates the coverage of the Korean War in 12 high school history textbooks. Lists the books, and reviews the coverage of each in the areas of: total coverage and illustrations; Korean war background; causes of the War; the Truman response; waging the War; the Truman-MacArthur controversy; and the results of the War. (GG)
Descriptors: Conflict, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
Peer reviewedGeyer, Patricia – Social Studies Review, 1992
Presents a lesson plan and performance assessment for teaching about Korea. Explains that the lesson teaches history by giving students interesting problems to work on using the facts they discover about the country. Discusses preparation and research, performance assessment, and writing assessment on whether the two Koreas will unify. (DK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, History Instruction
Download full textNational Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. – 2002
After World War II the United States centered its foreign policy on the containment of communism, at home and abroad. Although it was aimed primarily at containing the spread of communism in Europe, the policy also extended to Asia. Asia proved to be the site of the first major battle waged in the name of containment: the Korean War. Dividing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communism, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Johnson, Jeffrey R. – 1991
Recent events in Europe suggest that the pattern of global ideological struggle that provoked the division of Korea is apparently dissolving, giving way to nationalist movements. The division of the Korean people now appears anachronistic. There are signs that reunification is possible. Despite the importance of the Korean peninsula in world…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
