Warm-up # 33 Why might a lower cast Hindu find Buddhism to be an attractive religion?
Road to the People’s Republic of China Workbook pg. 12
“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, of doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely an gentle. .. A revolution is an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.” Mao Zedong (1927)
Imperial Rule 2500 BC – 1911: Dynasties controlled China (Imperial Rule) Most advanced and longest ongoing civilization Inventions way before Europe Relatively little positive contact with the outsiders Closed door to foreigners Missed out on Industrial Revolution
Opening the Doors Growing Industrial Nations want access to China’s goods and consumers Isolated China’s people peasants are starving and their weapons are inferior. BR tries to establish trade peacefully, but the Chinese are not interested No kowtow
Opium Wars BR. sell opium to India and China for profit and many become addicted ($$$$ for BR.) China’s economy drained to feed habit China makes opium illegal, but BR. won’t stop the sale
1839: China sink BR. opium trading ship but loose to BR 1839: China sink BR. opium trading ship but loose to BR. naval forces in the end. BR. Gain extraterritoriality European countries divide China into spheres of influence China gets nothing ; forced to adopt open door policy
Chinese History Dynastic Period = 150 BC – 1911 AD
Chinese Revolution Guided Reading Workbook pg. 10 Class Docs: pg. 51
Essential Question How did Mao rise to, and then maintain power in China?
Chaos in China Directions Vocab Read Section 1: Mao Zedong Complete Questions 1-7 15 min Mao Zedong Leader of the CCP Chiang Kai Shek Leader of the KMT
Red Stars Rising: Directions Read Section 2: pg. 52-53 Complete Questions 8-10 7 min
Warm UP # 34
Chinese Revolution Guided Reading Workbook pg. 10 Class Docs: pg. 51
The Red Emperor: Mao’s China Directions Vocab Read Section 3: Complete Questions 11- 16 15 min Mao Zedong The Great Leap Forward The Cultural Revolution The Red Guards Mao’s Little Red Book”
Death Toll by Dictator
Basic Lesson Plan
Warm-up # 33 Why might a lower cast Hindu find Buddhism to be an attractive religion?
Chinese Revolution Guided Reading Workbook pg. 10 Class Docs: pg. 55
Essential Question How did Mao rise to, and tyhen maintain power in China?
Red Stars Rising: Directions Read Section 2: pg. 52-53 Complete Questions 8-10 7 min
The Red Emperor: Mao’s China Directions Vocab Read Section 3: Complete Questions 11- 16 15 min Mao Zedong The Great Leap Forward The Cultural Revolution The Red Guards Mao’s Little Red Book”
Death Toll by Dictator