Otaniemi Upper Secondary School – Sustainable Future Project
Course code, full name, and status (C/EC/OP)
HI3 Finnish history in the era of independence (C)
Topic
Transformation of Finland’s Economic Structure
Duration
15-75 min
Objectives (directly from the National Core Curriculum):
The objective of the module is that the student
- understand how Finland’s government, international status, and society took shape as part of European and international development
- are familiar with key changes in Finnish culture, society, and economy, understand their significance between the 1860s and the present, and are able to evaluate the possibilities of future
- understand interdependencies between the phenomena of economic, social, cultural, ideological, and political life in the past and the present
- are capable of evaluating various interpretations of Finnish history and their underlying motivations in their historical contexts
- are able to analyse the traits, images, and ideals associated with Finnish identity and culture in different times as well as their influence on modern-day Finland.
Content (directly from the National Core Curriculum):
Roots of Finnish society
- legacy of the Swedish age and the significance of autonomy for building Finland and the Finnish identity
- changes and diversity in demography
- modernisation of Finnish society
The emerging independent Finland as part of Europe
- process that led to Finland’s independence, the civil war, and its international contex
- period of unification and crisis of democracy
- Finland as part of international cultural trends
Finland in international conflicts
- Finland in the Second World War
- effects of the Cold War on Finnish society and politics
Towards present-day Finland
- structural changes in society and the economy, the welfare state
- culture, science, and competence
- culturally diversifying Finland as a member of the international community
Key concepts
welfare state, welfare society, education, economic globalization, recession, financial crisis, information society
Connections within the subject
HI01, HI02, HI05, YH01, YH02
Connections to other subjects
YH01, YH02
Possible model pathways related to the content
Agenda 2030: 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure