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How did Chairman Mao Change China? - Full Lesson
The aim of the lesson is for the students to judge how much Chairman Mao Zedong changed China. It is useful as a stand-alone lesson on China, as part of a greater Cold War scheme of work, or in conjunction with my other China lessons (where this forms the first part).
Lesson begins with a source analysis of the carving up of China.
Then students’ knowledge of China is discussed with a Round Robin activity.
Students will then learn about the background of Communism in China, with the Century of Humiliation (including colonisation, the Opium Wars and China in WWII) being analysed.
The main task is looking at the problems the ‘New China’ faced and how Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party set about fixing them. This looks at economic growth in the First and Second Five Year Plans, analyses GDP growth and military threats to China, including the Korean War and US involvement in Vietnam.
The lesson concludes with an extended writing activity with the students writing about the changes they have seen under the leadership of the CCP in a letter; allowing students to make their own assumptions and judgements on the class content.
Some key words and phrases from the lesson:
Century of Humiliation
Opium War
Ideology
Economy
Five Year Plan
GDP
Korean War
Vietnam War
This is a fully resourced lesson including a PowerPoint as well as documents for printing.
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Cold War: Afghan War + Film Analysis! - Full Lesson
This lesson asks the question 'Were the Mujahadeen ‘freedom fighters’ or ‘terrorists’? The lesson uses Cold War movies such as Rocky IV and Rambo III to show how the US framed the Mujahadeen. Student then investigate, was that accurate? (This lesson has a lot of content and could be split over two lessons).
This lesson is useful as a stand-alone lesson on the Soviet-Afghan War, on propaganda, media, or as part of a greater Cold War scheme of work.
Lesson begins with Cold War retrieval practice questions.
Key words are explicitly taught with the focus of the lesson being put in the students’ minds.
Students will then investigate the key question with an analysis of Rocky IV and Rambo III, making a judgment on how the Americans portrayed both the Mujahadeen and the Soviets.
Students will then research the war itself, this can be done as a teacher-led activity, individually or as group work.
Using the information the students have put together, they will make a reasoned judgment in an extended writing task.
Some key words and phrases from the lesson: Cold War, proxy war, Mujahadeen, terrorist, freedom fighter, bias, propaganda, communism
This is a fully resourced lesson including a PowerPoint with videos embedded.
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Stresemann's Foreign Policy - Full Lesson
This is a full lesson with resources, including videos embedded. It works with any exam board investigating Stresemann’s foreign policies and made with Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39 in mind.
This lesson looks at: ‘How did Stresemann improve Germany’s international position?’
Lesson outline:
Begins with retrieval practice questions on issues from 1918-1920s.
Students then are given key words to study.
Comprehension task recapping economic recovery, rentenmark, reichsmark, Dawes Plan, Young Plan.
Students practice GCSE skill analysing a primary source answering a mock question.
Investigation task into the main elements of Stresemann’s foreign policy: Locarno Pact, League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Analysis of the effect on domestic politics
Writing task to consolidate knowledge on Stresemann.
Key points recapped; teacher-led
Plenary quiz
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Mao to Now - China History Bundle - Full Scheme of Work SoW
This set of lessons could form a mini Scheme of Work on modern China or slot in as a part of a Cold War SoW.
Lesson 1: How did Chairman Mao change China?
This lesson looks at the Centruy of Humiliation then goes on to look at how Mao set about to deal with the problems China was facing after 1949.
Lesson 2: Mao’s China: The Cultural Revolution
This lesson looks at the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine which gives contextual information for the students to understand what was the Cultural Revolution, and what was the impact.
Lesson 3: Deng Xiaoping, Tiananmen Square, Opening Up and Reform
This lesson looks at how Deng ended the Cultural Revolution and implemented a more pragmatic economic policy. The lesson then goes on to look at how this was misinterpreted and led to the pro-democracy movement - and the subsequent Tiananmen Square Massacre. The lesson goes up to the current day giving students a rich understanding of China’s place in the world.
All of the lessons can be split in half, meaning there could be 6 lessons worth of content.
All of the lessons are fully resourced, including PPTs, embedded videos and worksheets/print-offs.
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Early Elizabethan England: Unit 1 COMPLETE. History GCSE Edexcel
This bundle includes fully resourced lessons covering sections 1.1-1.4 of the GCSE Edexcel Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 paper.
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