Classifying History- History is big. And there is a LOT of stuff in it. In order to make it meaningful, scholars often look at only a piece of history, as if looking through a telescope at a particular set of stars instead of the whole universe. We call this viewing history through a Lens. Three very useful lenses to help us focus on history are to look at the Political, Economic and Social aspects of history individually. What do you think would fall into each category? Write your answer at the top of pg. 53A Please do not talk at this timeOct 31/Nov1 HW: Finish Communist China Handout

Categorizing Events in History! Social People Political Government Economic Money I will give you a list of events from the Cold War. You tell me what box they go in!

Categorizing Events in History! Copy this chart onto the bottom pg. 53A Of your notebook. Social People & Relationships Political Government Economic Money

Categorizing Events in History! Social People Religion Education Culture Food Music Media Language Political Government Leaders Laws Voting Type of Gov. War Economic Money Depressions Trade Economic collapse/ Bankruptcy Economic system Capitalism Communism Taxes

Cold War Events Marshall Plan Korean War Propaganda Molotov Plan Truman Doctrine Building schools in Turkey Electing Kennedy to the presidency

Modern China Why would it be important for American students to study about China? Get the handout- BBC: Country profile: China Read this handout and use your new filters (Social, Economic, and Political) to organize the key information from this reading. Record key information for each category in each of the three boxes on page 53B in your notebook.

Social People Political Government Economic Money

At the bottom of your paper… Why might it be important for us as Americans to study about China?

Please get a handout to review Imperialism in China: Pg 54A Look at Chapter 12, Sec 1 on Imperialism in China and answer the questions on this paper.

Imperialism in China Review: Tell your partner about one of the wars or rebellions from this period. Then listen to your partner as they tell you about a different one. Use these key words in your answers: Opium War Taiping Rebellion Boxer Rebellion

Now start on the back of this paper… Use Chapter 14.3 and Chapter 17.2 to record information about the Communist Revolution in China

Please do not talk at this timeNov 2 HW: Finish Vocab Word Maps Vocabulary: Please do a vocab word map on page 55A for each of the following words: Civil War A war between political factions or regions within the same country. Communes Collective farms where people work and live together. Land Reform The redistribution of farmland by breaking up large estates and giving the smaller farms to peasants. Rural Pertaining to the countryside.

Civil War 10 year war in Nicaragua, Iraq conflict, American civil war, total war, civilians fighting, within a country Communists Vs Capitalists CommunesFarming, collective, starvation, Hippies, artists, everyone working together, communism Land Reform Land for the poor, Russian Revolution, Rural Pg. 55A Countryside, NOT the city, poor, farming Word Examples and related wordsPicture Land Thanks!

Please get out your HW from last night on the Communist Revolution(Pg 54B) Compare your notes to those of your partner… Do they had something you don’t have? Add to your own work.

Please find one partner to become a pair. Sit with your partner. 1. Get a stack of timeline cards. 2. Using your homework, your book and the dates in the cards, put these seven periods in Chinese history in chronological order. 3. Read each event carefully when you are done.

Set up page 56A in your notebook like this: Then, put the seven period of Chinese history on the timeline in chronological order. Use the BOLD title for each event, include the dates and write a 1 sentence summary of the event. Timeline of Modern China

Does yours look like this: Timeline of Modern China Fall of Dynastic China 1927 – 1949 – Communist Revolution 1949 – Influenced by Soviet Socialism 1958 – Great Leap Forward 1966 – 1976 – Cultural Revolution 1979 – Economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping 1989 – Protests for Democracy at Tiananmen Square

SPE- China - Pg 53A Modern China- Pg 53B Imperialism in China Review: Pg 54A Communist Revolution Notes: Pg 54B Vocab Word Maps- China pg 55A Chinese Timeline- Pg 56A