Mao Domestic Policies and Vocab Quiz

Agenda 10/24:

1. Students took the Mao vocab quiz.
2. Students then made posters and presentations about the aims and impacts of Mao's social domestic policies.

Mao QUIZ

There will be a quiz over our unit on Mao. The quiz will be 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 1962, Mao’s economic planning was a total disaster.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
• Discuss the aims and impacts of two of Mao's social policies.
• By what methods, and with what success did Mao Zedong try to eliminate domestic opposition?
• Evaluate the impact of successes and failures of foreign policies on the maintenance of power in China under Mao's leadership.
• Discuss the purpose(s) and methods of the Cultural Revolution. 

The Cultural Revolution

Agenda 10/17:

1. Announcement - IB Registration deadline is Wednesday, October 31st.
2. Students read an article about the Cultural Revolution.
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?

DUE:

Mao Vocab Quiz - Wednesday 10/24

Mao Research Topics - Friday 10/26

Mao Quiz - Wednesday 10/31

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

Communes, The Great Leap Forward, and Famine

Agenda 10/11:

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.
4. Students reviewed by writing a Snapchat story about the 100 Flowers and Anti-Rightist Campaigns.

100 Flowers:

Introduction: The End of Dynastic China, The Rise of Mao

Agenda 9/28-10/2:

1. I gave a brief lecture about the fall of the dynastic system in China, explaining some of the conditions that produced Mao. Here are my notes.
2. Students labelled historical maps of China. 
3. I handed out Pearson reading questions and vocabulary for Mao.
4. Student took the quiz over Stalin.
5. Students watch a clip from China: Century of Revolution (below), focusing on Mao's appeal to peasants and the Long March of 1934 [22:30 - 45:00].

Fall of Dynastic China:

Long March: