Mao: Foreign Policies

Agenda 10/27:

Students read about foreign policies under Mao. They made posters and gave brief presentations explaining the event and evaluating the impacts of success or failures on Mao's maintenance of power. After, they read an article about Mao swimming with Khrushchev and the Sino-Soviet split.

DUE:

Mao Quiz 10/31

Share Your Knowledge Assignment 10/31

The Cultural Revolution

Agenda 10/23-25:

1. Students read an article about the Cultural Revolution.
2. Students watched a clip from China: Century of Revolution [below].
3. Students analyzed a series of documents and wrote a group paragraph answering the prompt, "Write a paragraph that explains the goals, methods, and messages of the Cultural Revolution. And, why did Chinese youth get swept up in the Cultural Revolution?

China: Century of Revolution [start at 1:01:10]:

Mao QUIZ

There will be a quiz over our unit on Mao. Tentatively, the quiz is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 31st. You will answer TWO of the following prompts, giving to you randomly in addition to a document-based question.

• Discuss the conditions that produced the Chinese Communist Party and the leadership of Mao Zedong.
• ‘In the years 1953 to 1967, Mao’s economic planning was a total disaster.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
• In what ways did Mao try to use education to support his regime?
• By what methods, and with what success did Mao Zedong try to eliminate domestic opposition?
• What was the impact of Mao’s domestic policies on women in China?
• Evaluate the impact of successes and failures of foreign policies on the maintenance of power in China under Mao's leadership.

Communes and The Great Leap Forward

Agenda 10/17-19:

1. Students participated in a simulation of the collectivization of agriculture led by Mao.
2. Students listened to a podcast and took drawing notes about life in China during this period - inside and out of the commune.
3. Students began working an an IB practice test focusing on the Great Leap Forward.

The Great Leap Forward:

The 100 Flowers Campaign

Agenda 10/8:

1. Students participated in a simulation about identifying and silencing opposition in Mao's China. This was meant to illustrate the 100 Flowers campaign.
2. Students read a short excerpt about the 100 Flowers Campaign
3. Students watched short clip about the 100 Flowers campaign.

100 Flowers:

The Long March and Antis Campaigns

Agenda 10/6:

1. Students reviewed the events of the Chinese Civil War, reading pages 153-156 in the Pearson text. Students watched a film clip about the Long March and war between the Nationalists and Communists. Students made a t-chart:    GMD Weaknesses     |      CPC Strengths 
2. Students read an excerpt from Mao: The Unknown Story  about the Antis campaign and Mao's private lifestyle. They read, answered, and discussed these questions:

• What changes were instituted after the Communists took power?
• Who was the opposition? How were they dealt with?
• What resulted from the antis campaigns?
• Identify double standards.
• List the excesses of Mao. Which is the worst?
• Compare and contrast Mao and Stalin.

The Long March and Civil War:

Intro to Mao

Agenda 10/2-4:

1. Student took the quiz over Stalin.
2. I handed out Pearson reading questions and vocabulary for Mao.
3. I gave a brief lecture about the fall of the dynastic system in China, explaining some of the conditions that produced Mao.
4. Students participated in a mixer activity about people relevant to Communist China.
5. Students watch a clip from China: Century of Revolution, focusing on Mao's appeal to peasants and the Long March of 1934.

Fall of Dynastic China:

Long March:

WWII and resistance to the USSR

Agenda 9/26-28:

1. Students were given the reading questions for Pearson 4.3 and 4.4. Turn these in for points.
2. Students learned about the involvement of the USSR in WWII [below]. Here are my notes.
3. Students watched an animation about the casualties of WWII [below].
4. Students learned about different moments or resistance during the early part of the communist regime. Here are the materials.

WWII and the USSR:

Fallen of WWII: