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Mao to Now - China History Bundle - Full Scheme of Work SoW
This set of lessons could form a mini Scheme of Work on modern China or slot in as a part of a Cold War SoW.
Lesson 1: How did Chairman Mao change China?
This lesson looks at the Centruy of Humiliation then goes on to look at how Mao set about to deal with the problems China was facing after 1949.
Lesson 2: Mao’s China: The Cultural Revolution
This lesson looks at the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine which gives contextual information for the students to understand what was the Cultural Revolution, and what was the impact.
Lesson 3: Deng Xiaoping, Tiananmen Square, Opening Up and Reform
This lesson looks at how Deng ended the Cultural Revolution and implemented a more pragmatic economic policy. The lesson then goes on to look at how this was misinterpreted and led to the pro-democracy movement - and the subsequent Tiananmen Square Massacre. The lesson goes up to the current day giving students a rich understanding of China’s place in the world.
All of the lessons can be split in half, meaning there could be 6 lessons worth of content.
All of the lessons are fully resourced, including PPTs, embedded videos and worksheets/print-offs.
Mao's China: The Cultural Revolution - Full Lesson
The aim of the lesson is for the students to understand what the Cultural Revolution was and its impact.
It is useful as a stand-alone lesson on China, as part of a greater Cold War scheme of work, or in conjunction with my other China lessons (where this forms the second part). There is a lot of content in this lesson, and can be taught as two lessons allowing the teacher to go into greater depth and detail with the students.
Lesson begins with a retrieval practice question on Stalin and Mao.
Students then analyse a source and make a hypothesis about the Great Leap Forward.
Students will then complete a video comprehension task on the effects of the Great Leap Forward, including the Great Famine.
Students will analyse the personal impact of Chairman Mao and make judgements on his impact in China at the time.
The main task is for students to analyse the Cultural Revolution. This can be done as a teacher-led task, or printed off with the students completing the investigation task individually or in groups.
Students will analyse the following aspects of the Cultural Revolution and make judgements on their impact: The Red Guard, attacks on education, public shaming, destruction of history, aggression towards the USSR.
Chinese writing. Students will be introduced to the simplification of written Chinese. Students will have time to look at and practice writing various words in the traditional script, then in the simplified script.
The lesson will conclude with students making a Cultural Revolution era poster. Example posters and slogans (in English and Chinese) are provided.
Some key words and phrases from the lesson:
Stalin
Great Leap Forward
Great Famine
Cultural Revolution
Red Guard
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
This is a fully resourced lesson including a PowerPoint as well as documents for printing.