34 lessons and resource on 20th Century China to tie in with the Edexcel IGCSE course ‘China, Conflict, Crisis and Change’
Each lesson contains all the resources required ready to print at the end of the powerpoint, exam questions and styles are tackled throughout with an emphasis on building up student’s ability to write in formal paragraphs and show analysis of historical factors.
They include:
Opium War (context)
Into and Set Up
Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion Consequences
1911 Revolution
4th May Movement
Sun Yet-Sen
Recap Lesson
United Front and the CCP
Expeditions, Massacres and Exterminations
Recap Lesson
Long March
Consequences of the Long March
Guided Reading Activity “Japan’s invasion of China”
Causes of the Long March
Consequences of the Long March
Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Why was the CCP victorious in the Civil War?
CCP’s Agricultural Reforms
The Great Famine
The Great Leap Forward
Women in Mao’s China
Political Control in Mao’s China
USSR & China
Causes of the Cultural Revolution
Key Features of the Cultural Revolution
Consequences of the Cultural Revolution
The Sino-Soviet Split
The Gang of Four
Deng Xiaoping’s Reforms
Tiananmen Square
BONUS: China and the Opium Wars
BONUS: Guided Reading - Japan’s Invasion of China 1937
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