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DAY ONE
Objective Activities:
Pair Work: Complete graphic organizer by visiting each of the six stations located at your table. At each station, take turns reading aloud the information on the placard and answer the questions on organizer.
DAY TWO
Mini-Lesson Two: Chinese Communist Revolution/ The Two Chinas 4/10 AIM: How did the Communists gain power in China? DO NOW: What qualities make someone a great leader? Give examples and explain.
Detour 4/11 AIM: How did the Communists gain power in China? DO NOW: Review
1-Describe the dynastic cycle. 2-How might have imperialism affected this?
Go Over Test
Summary
1. Which partys domestic policy might appeal more to Chinese peasants? Why? 2. Which aspect of the Communist approach do you think was most responsible for Maos victory?
Dynasty
Civil War
Problems continue due to local warlords Sun Yat-Sen dies
Civil War
1927 Nationalists massacre Communists Communists flee on a 6,000 mile journey - The Long March Helped gain support of peasants 1949 Communists gain control Force Nationalists to flee to Taiwan
Two Chinas
Summary
Life Under Mao Graphic Organizer
DAY FOUR
Mini-Lesson Four: Is Mao Zedong a Hero or a Villain? 4/24 AIM: Why did Mao Zedong institute the Cultural Revolution? DO NOW: Read Quotes from Little Red Book and answer questions that follow.
Cultural Revolution
Goal: Establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal Anti-intellectual Purification of intellectuals in countryside Chaos Zhou Enlai restrained radicals and finally ended Cultural Revolution
Activity 1:
Examine the chart at the bottom of your worksheet. 1. Were any of Maos policies successful? 2. What was Maos greatest failure?
Objective Four Activity: Read the various passages about Mao Zedong. Answer the questions and then decide, with a partner: Was Mao Zedong a hero, or a villain?
AIM: How did Chinese leaders react to increased interaction with the West?
DAY FIVE
AIM: How did Chinese leaders react to increased interaction with the West? DO MAO:
A major goal of the Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960s was to
1. restore China to the glory of the Han Dynasty 2. reemphasize Confucian traditional values 3. weaken communist ideas 4. eliminate opposition to Mao Zedong Explain your answer!
During the 1960s, China is closed to the West, split from Soviet Union, and hostile towards America
*Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Mao Zedong and was instrumental in consolidating the control of the Communist Party's rise to power, forming foreign policy, and developing the Chinese economy.
China Opens its Doors Isolation worries Zhou. Invites American ping-pong team to China in 1971 First visit since 1949 Thawing American/China relations 1971: China gets UN membership 1979: US and China have diplomatic relations
Mao and Zhou die in 1976: Moderates take control of Communist party Deng Xiaoping Willing to use Capitalist ideas to help Chinas economy Four Modernizations: called for progress in agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology
Economic Reforms
Deng Xiaoping was a politician and reformist leader of the People's Republic of China who, after Mao's death led his country towards a market economy.
Eliminated communes leased land to farmers food production increased by 50 percent in the years 1978 to 1984 Permitted private business to operate Welcomed foreign technology and investment
Dengs Reforms
Think!
What does this magazine cover tell you about the result of Chinas economic reform?
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