1. What was the role of the People’s Liberation Army in consolidating Communist Rule?
LO: to understand the role of mass party-membership and the People’s Liberation Army in consolidating Communist rule

2. People’s Liberation Army
What do you think the message of this cartoon is?
The army loves the people, the people support the army, the army and the people are as dear to each other as members of one family, 1957
People’s Liberation Army

3. The People’s Liberation Army
PLA was the new name for the ‘Red Army’.
Mao had built the Red Army into a formidable force in the 1930s and 40s
They had carried him to power in 1949
The PLA was fiercely LOYAL to Mao
This loyalty was arguably his single greatest asset as leader.
The People’s Liberation Army

4. Research Task http://chineseposters.net/themes/pla.php
Log on and use this website along with AQA p and your textbook p to make an information sheet showing how the PLA was used in China.
You should use sources in your worksheet and explain them using contextual knowledge.
Note – all the sources are complementary of Mao! They need explain what roles the PLA played, and understand how they helped Mao establish and consolidate his power. They were a key tool for Mao
Research Task