The current Korean history textbook inherited the former Korean history textbook system centered on the April 19 Revolution, the Jang Myun government, the May 16 military coup, and the Park Jeong-hee administration in the 1960s. In addition, the current Korean history textbooks have largely followed these cases and the previous narrative structure of the government. However, certain differences were found between the descriptions of textbooks. The relationship between the April 19 evolution and the U.S. government, the reevaluation of the Jang Myun government period, the military government's policy that emerged shortly after the May 16 military coup, and the public security incident manipulated by the Park Jeong-hee administration can be pointed out as representative examples of the current Korean history textbook. As a result of reviewing the questions of the College Scholastic Abilily Test(including mock test) and Natonal academic evaluation, it was found that the national history test for high school seniors was focused in the April 19 Revolution. This trend is the result of focusing on the historical significance of the April 19 Revolution in the developm ent of dem ocracy based on the achievement standards that focuses on the April 19 Revolution.
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