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Teacher: Mr. D. Christensen Grade: 12 Unit: Mao and China(HL)

Lesson Plan:21 Subject: History Time: 10 Hours

Pre-assumed Knowledge Key Concepts Learning Activities

a. Authoritarian and a. Origins and rise 1894-49 1. Students will watch a film/ ppt.
Single-Party States. b. Ideology and nature of state. on Mao.
b. Stalin. c. Establishment and 2. They will inquire into the Origin
c. Hitler. consolidation of Mao’s rule. and rise of Communism in China.
d. Map pointing. d. Domestic policies and their 3. They will discuss the Ideology and
e. Knowledge of making impact. nature of Communist China
PPTs. through a panel discussion.
4. They will evaluate the
establishment and consolidation
of Mao’s rule.
5. They will analyze Mao’s domestic
policies.
6. They will make presentations of
Mao’s foreign policy according to
different historians.

Resources Learning Outcome Evaluation

1. Movie: After the lesson the student will:

2. Authoritarian and 1. Practice on Paper II
a. Have an in-depth understanding of
Single-Party States: questions.
the origin and rise of communism in
Allan Todd & Sally China.
2. Evaluation of
Waller. b. Have analyzed Mao’s domestic presentation on
3. Authoritarian and policy through different approaches. Mao’s foreign policy.
Single-Party States: c. Have acquired knowledge of the 3. Evaluation of analysis
Brian Mimmack: Nature and Ideology of communist on Mao’s domestic
Pearson. China. policy.
d. Have evaluated the establishment 4. Evaluation of panel
4. Mastering Modern
and consolidation of Mao’s rule. discussion.
World History by
e. Draw conclusions about Mussolini’s
Norman
foreign policy through different
5. World History by B.V.
Historians.
Rao. Sterling

TOK
Learner Profile International Mindedness
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(Inquirer, Knowledgeable, Does knowledge of Maoist ideology help 1. To what extent was China
Thinker, Reflective, Caring, the historian to justify and excuse Mao’s under Mao a totalitarian
Balanced, Open minded, actions? regime?
Risk Taker, Communicator, 2. To what extent it can be
Principled) CONCEPT: argued that Mao should be
Inquirer: Research into Mao’s MAOISM regarded as a greater mass
domestic policies. murderer than either Hitler
Thinker: Group discussions or Stalin?
on Mao’s foreign policy. 3. Was Maoist ideology
Caring: Effect of communism constructive or destructive?
on society.
Risk taker: Presentations.
Communicator: Presentation
of material.
Open minded: Accepting
different views.
Knowledgeable:
Understanding the causes
that led to the rise of Mao.
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Websites

http://www.besthistorysites.net

http://www.historyguide.org

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.asp

http://revision-notes.co.uk/

http://web.mac.com/gileshill/history_at_hand/GCSE_Podcasts/Entries/2011/6/7_The_Paris_Peacemakers.html

http://www.funfront.net/history.htm

http://sites.google.com/site/dunnshistorynotes/Home

Questions

1. To what extent did Mao attempt to instigate the main principles of communism during his rule in China?
2. Why did Mao focus on the peasants rather than the industrial proletariat?
3. How did the Communist Party ensure continuing loyalty from the Chinese people?
4. What part did mass mobilization campaigns and purges play in ensuring Mao’s authority in the years 1949-
54?
5. How successful was Mao in fulfilling his ideological aims in the years 1949-54?

GUIDING QUESTION

Analyze the domestic and foreign policy successes of Mao from 1949 till his death.

TEACHING POINTS

The People's Republic of China

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On October 1,
1949, Mao Zedong
 Introduction declared the
 Transition to Socialism, 1953-57
founding of the
 Great Leap Forward, 1958-60
 Readjustment and Recovery, 1961-65 People's Republic
 Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76 of China on the
 Militant Phase, 1966-68 Tian'anmen
 Ninth National Party Congress to the Demise of Lin Biao, 1969-71 Rostrum.
 End of the Era of Mao Zedong, 1972-76
 Post-Mao Period, 1976-78
 China and the Four Modernizations, 1979-82
 Reforms, 1980-88
 Mao Zedong:Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
 Deng Xiaoping:Seeking Truth from Facts
 Jiang Zemin: Representative of the ultimate interests of the broad masses
in China

Mao Ze Dong - Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

Mao Zedong (first
Mao Zedong was born in 1893 to a peasant family in a mountain village of left) talking with
Hunan Province. Unlike some CPC leaders, he never went to a big
steelworkers on a
university, or studied abroad. During his first 10 years as member of the
Party, he was inconspicuous and little heed paid to him. However, he was visit to Anhui.
later to rise to prominence in the history of the Party.

Born a peasant, Mao understood very well the Chinese peasantry, and how
important it was for an agricultural country like China to solve peasant
issues. He brought the role of the Chinese peasant into full play in
accomplishing China's New Democratic Revolution. He was opposed to the
reformist approach, believing that "political power grows out of the barrel of
a gun." Even after the founding of new China, he still advocated the class
struggle as a major Party priority. Mao was unlike some revolutionaries in After the founding
that he did not put all his faith in, or accept without question, foreign of new China, Mao
theories. Instead he skillfully adapted Marxism and Leninism to the Zedong often went
parameters of the Chinese revolution. on inspection tours
around the
Mao's rise to prominence began in the 1930s, and was marked by a meeting
country. The
held in Zunyi, Guizhou. By this time, the CPC had suffered severe losses, the
Party and its army having been driven out of their revolutionary bases by the picture shows him
Kuomintang, as a result of blindly following the Russian model. The Zunyi in Hangzhou in
meeting established Mao's leadership of the CPC. From that point, the 1954.
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Chinese revolution broke away from the control of the Third International and underwent healthy
independent development.

Mao Zedong was a typical Chinese scholar, who pursued character perfection and was also
something of a romanticist. This is why he stayed close to the people, sharing with them their
happiness and woes even after the founding of new China. The Chinese people still admire him
today for sending his eldest son to the Korean War, where he died.

Mao's romanticism is best reflected in his poems and revolutionary ideals. As early as the 1920s,
he put forward, "transforming China and the world" as the main guideline for the Society of the
New Masses. He held that "socialism should be international and not colored by national
patriotism." His internationalism continued in new China as the goal of the CPC. The belief that
"two-thirds of the world's oppressed have not been liberated" became an emotional obligation to
Chinese Communists. The combination of Mao's scholarly romanticism and revolutionary
internationalism enabled him to lead China from being a poor, weak country to one which was
active and purposeful, although there did occur some tragic events, such as the Great Leap
Forward in 1958 and the cultural revolution (1966-1976).

The Chinese people nevertheless still respect Mao as a great person and a savior. In certain
remote mountain villages, his image can be seen in temples being worshipped alongside that of
Sakyamuni. In cities, his miniature portrait often hangs in taxis. The general attitude towards
Mao is similar to that generally held towards the CPC: many may complain about its mistakes,
but the majority has to admit that there could be no stable, developing China without the CPC.