China: War with Japan

PowerPoint with six slides and two Word Documents that examines the causes and consequences of the war with Japan on China (1937-1945). The lesson also considers the establishment of the Second United Front and the impact of the war on the relative fortunes of the CCP and GMD.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz of prior learning focused on Japan’s role in China before 1931 and the Extermination Campaigns.
• Reading, comprehension and discussion exercises to identify who was the most likely group responsible for the attack on the South Manchurian Railway in 1931 (The Manchurian Incident).
• Evidence finding task on the causes of Japan’s invasion of China based on prior learning. Having been given two causes (weak GMD leadership, China’s wealth of natural resources), pupils must identify specific evidence from previous lessons to support the two points.
• Source analysis exercise on the Rape of Nanjing to establish how Japan treated Chinese civilians.
• Reading, comprehension and highlighting task to identify GMD failures and CCP successes against the Japanese.
• Plenary discussion of who emerged from the War with Japan stronger, the GMD or the CCP?

Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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