With the death of Kim Jong-il ,will North Korea's military continue to govern in the traditional way under the rule of his son, Kim Jong-un who was educated in Switzerland ,where there is a more humanistic form of social structure? Can America establish a better relationship with a new president as young as Kim Jong-il's son?
I will be sharing this site with my colleagues at West Adams. One of the culminating tasks our 11th grade U.S. history students write for standard 11.4 on America’s emergence as a global power is to have our students take a stance on what the U.S. should or should not do in regards to North Korea. We ask students to review America’s foreign policy between 1870 till the end of WWI and based on America’s past actions we them evaluate how America should proceed with North Korea. Of the examples that the students must draw from do not have any country that has nuclear capabilities but nonetheless as future leaders they will be confronted with circumstance for which the past does not provide exact models to follow and yet they will have to navigate only with what they know has happened in the past. This site will give our teachers greater information on North Korea.