Oklahoma Social Studies MWH.C.7.4.B
The Standard
- MWH.C.7
- Evaluate post-World War II regional events leading to the transformations of the modern world.
- MWH.C.7.4
- Analyze political and cultural transformations occurring in East and Southeast Asia during the postwar era.
Describe significant political and economic change in China, including the influence of Sun Yat-Sen and the 1911 Revolution, and examine the consequences of the Chinese Civil War, resulting in the establishment of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan), and compare their subsequent political and economic development.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · MWH.C.7.4
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace Sun Yat-sen's role in the 1911 Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China. They explain how the civil war left the People's Republic of China governing the mainland and the Republic of China government on Taiwan. They compare how each government and economy changed after 1949.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can put Sun's organizing, the overthrow of the Qing, the republic's founding, and the 1949 split in order. They distinguish mainland one-party rule from Taiwan's shift from martial law to elections. They compare mainland China's shift toward market reforms after 1978 with Taiwan's export-driven market economy.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may credit Sun Yat-sen with founding the People's Republic of China rather than the Republic of China. They may think the Republic of China began in Taiwan in 1949. Some assume mainland China's economy stayed fully state-planned after 1978.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, order Sun's organizing, the 1911 Revolution, the republic's founding, and the 1949 split. Then contrast the mainland's and Taiwan's economies in the 1950s and political systems in the 1990s.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort five event cards on desks: Sun's organizing, the 1911 Revolution, the 1949 split, 1978 mainland reforms, and Taiwan's 1987 end of martial law.
Ask students: Why did the 1911 Revolution not settle China's political future? Use Sun Yat-sen and the civil war in your answer.
Play a card-sort race matching mainland state planning, mainland market reforms, Taiwan martial law, and Taiwan elections to dates and places.
Mark Taiwan-made iPhone chips and mainland Chinese iPhone assembly on a map, then link each industry to its region's economic policies.
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