Please get out your paper on Mao and his contributions to China, both successful and

unsuccessful.

Please do not talk at this time April 2

HW: No HW You will need a set of Watercolors and a plastic cup on Monday.

The Chinese Civil War, 1920’s - 1949

Jiang Jieshi AKA Chiang Ki Shek(a capitalist warlord)

Vs.

Mao ZeDong (a communist peasant)

The Long MarchAs Mao marches through China he talks to average Chinese peasants everywhere to find out what they want.

He is perceived as a man of the people.

The Communist Victory

The People’s Republic of China

Communist China is Born

Reasons for the Communists’

Success► Mao won support of peasants with the promise of land

► Mao won support of women

► Mao’s army used guerrilla war tactics

► Many saw Jiang’s government as corrupt

► Many felt Jiang allowed foreigners to dominate China.

Communist China Under Mao

The Good:► Industrialized China► Increased literacy► Class privileges ended► Rural Chinese received health careThe Bad:► One-party dictatorship► Denied people basic rights and freedoms --> Inner Mongolia, Tibet become conquered peoples

Update your handout on Mao. You will look for

more details later!

Video

• As we watch the video on this period, add to your charts. Look for information on what Mao did for peasants.

Great Leap Forward, 1958► 5 year plan to Industrialize► Communes

People forced to become farmers Incompetence hurt production Not enough to share► Failed Poor quality goods Not enough Food grown Bad weather Poor planning

Update your handout on Mao. You will look for

more details later!

Video

• As we watch the video on this period, add to your charts. Look for information on what Mao did for peasants.

A Campaign Against the “FOUR OLDS”

► Old Thoughts► Old Culture► Old Customs► Old Habits

To Rebel Is Good!

Struggle Creates Strength!

To Rebel Is Good!

Struggle Creates Strength!

Cultural Revolution Goals

► Equality could only be forced► Rebellion created equality► Education made people act superior► Schools shut down ► Red Guards – students turned into Cultural Police

attacked professors, government officials, factory managers

Update your handout on Mao. You will look for

more details later!

A Red Guard

Red Guards March to Canton

Mao’s Little Red Book Guides Everything

Now go back to your papers on Mao

• Find details and specifics to help you prove the positive and negative effects Mao had on China

Please find your partner from earlier in the week and get a

paper on Liu-Ling.

Read this paper together.

Please do not talk at this time April 3

HW: Finish gathering info on Mao from the papers in the packet! You will need a set of Watercolors and a plastic cup on Monday.Your Before or After Paragraph must also be done by Monday.

Part 1: Information Gathering1. Get an Info Paper and Placards on an Aspect of

Chinese Life Before and After the Revolution. Read these carefully and take some notes on the key points.

2. Choose 3 – 5 key points for each section, before and after. Have each person in your pair choose one side to do, either the Before side or the After side.

3. Write a summary of your key points. It should be 1 paragraph and complete sentences and typed or clearly written. (You may do this for homework or use a computer in the room and e-mail me your finished work) You must show me your rough draft of this before you paint on Monday!

4. Brain storm ideas for how you will illustrate your side with 3 – 5 Key Points with pictures, images or symbols.

5. If you finish early, get a packet and keep adding details to your Mao chart.

Please do not talk at this time April 3

HW: Complete Water Color Assignment Notes

Chinese Water Color Assignment

Part 2: Painting Your Picture6.Paint your 3 – 5 illustrations on your part of the

poster. Make them as clear as possible.7.Label you poster with your Aspect of Chinese

Life (Work, Health, Governance, etc.)8.Label your poster sides, Before and After.9.Attach your summary to your side of the poster10. Staple your side to your partner’s side.11. Put your name on your side.

Chinese Art

Chinese Folk Art

Get out your chart on Mao when you are done…

• Read the paragraphs and look at the pictures for each painting.

• What changes did Mao bring to the lives of peasants?

• Did he change their lives for the better or worse?

• Record specific examples of how Mao changed the lives of peasants in the appropriate boxes on your Mao Chart.

Aspect of Chinese Life

Labels: Before and After

3 – 5 Illustrations per side: Clear

and Labeled

Descriptive Summary Paragraph clearly printedDescriptive

Summary Paragraph clearly printed

Please get your water color papers April 7

Make your poster look

like this, and put your

names on your side

Mao/Deng Essays• There are 4 essay options. You have been 2

choices based on your over all grade and your written assignment grades.

• Your essay will be a take home essay. This is your test for this unit.

• As a test, you must use information (especially background knowledge and specific examples) in your essay to prove you have learned about Communist China.

• Read over your essay options, choose one and create a check list at the bottom of your page based on the prompt. What is the essay asking for?

Level 1 Essay• Clear thesis stating Mao

had successful and failed policies

• Successful policies (at least 3)

• Failed policies (at least 3)• Information from the

Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

• Specific details for each• Explanation of how

details show success and failure.

Level 2 Essay• Background on China

before Mao• Clear thesis stating Mao

was good (or bad) for China.

• Evidence from the Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

• Specific details for each• Explanation about how

your evidence proves Mao was good (or bad) for China

Level 3 Essay• Background on the rule of Mao and Deng.• Clear thesis stating similarities and differences

between Mao and Deng• Presentation of Similarities with specific details• Presentation of differences with specific details• Information from the Communist Revolution, the

Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Deng’s Economic Reforms and Tiananmen Square Massacre

• Explanation of how examples and details show Mao and Deng are similar in some ways and different in others.

Level 4 Essay• Description of the cause and effect relationships

for the major events in Chinese history: the Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Deng’s Economic Reforms and Tiananmen Square Massacre

• Clear thesis stating which policies or events benefited China

• Evidence that specifc policies or events benefited China with specific details

• Explanation of how evidence is an example of a benefit to China

• Explanation of what China should continue to do or start doing to become a word power with specific examples.

Get your paper on Mao out• Start recording information from the

posters around the room about the success (or failure) of Mao’s policies. You need as many specifics as possible….