China 1900 - 1976
Paper 2: (HL/SL) Authoritarian and Single Party States
Paper 2: (HL/SL) Causes Practices and Effects of Wars
Paper 2: (HL/SL) Causes Practices and Effects of Wars
Introduction
The video below is from a series called 'Crash Course' in which the presenters cover a big History topic in a short space of time. Here they look at the Chinese Revolution and give the context and background. It lasts for 12 minutes.
1. China 1900-1923
A timeline of the key events of Chinese History in the 20th Century:
Timeline
Chinese Revolution 1911:
China 1900 - 1927 Key Note
An extract from the autobiography of Pu Yi:
Coronation and Abdication
Reading from History Today:
http://www.historytoday.com/jonathan-fenby/china-1911-birth-chinas-tragedy
If this link doesn’t give you the full article here is the pdf:
1911 Revolution
Here is a website that contains short videos about China.
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=4288
Timeline
Chinese Revolution 1911:
China 1900 - 1927 Key Note
An extract from the autobiography of Pu Yi:
Coronation and Abdication
Reading from History Today:
http://www.historytoday.com/jonathan-fenby/china-1911-birth-chinas-tragedy
If this link doesn’t give you the full article here is the pdf:
1911 Revolution
Here is a website that contains short videos about China.
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=4288
2. China 1923-1935
China 1923 - 1935 Key Note
The details of the Warlord Era are outlined here by Michael Lynch:
Warlord Era
The details of the Warlord Era are outlined here by Michael Lynch:
Warlord Era
3. Field Trip to Massacre Memorial Hall:
Worksheet and preparation for Field Trip
Field Trip planned for Friday 30th November to Nanjing Massacre Museum.
Field Trip worksheet
Some extracts from Iris Chang ‘The Rape of Nanking’:
Iris Chang, 'The Rape of Nanjing'
The 75th anniversary of the Massacre remembered:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9742416/China-Japan-tensions-rise-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-Nanjing-massacre.html?frame=2426728
Field Trip planned for Friday 30th November to Nanjing Massacre Museum.
Field Trip worksheet
Some extracts from Iris Chang ‘The Rape of Nanking’:
Iris Chang, 'The Rape of Nanjing'
The 75th anniversary of the Massacre remembered:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9742416/China-Japan-tensions-rise-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-Nanjing-massacre.html?frame=2426728
4. Chinese Civil War Part 1
This extract is from Michael Lynch's book, China from Empire to People's Republic 1900 - 1949:
The Chinese civil war part one
This extract is from Mao by Michael Lynch
The formation of the United Front
The readings below come from Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars by Keely Rogers and Jo Thomas
Long term and short term causes
Long March
Impact of the Japanese
The Chinese civil war part one
This extract is from Mao by Michael Lynch
The formation of the United Front
The readings below come from Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars by Keely Rogers and Jo Thomas
Long term and short term causes
Long March
Impact of the Japanese
5. Chinese Civil War Part 2
The extract below are taken from Causes, Practices and Effects of Wars by Keely Rogers and Jo Thomas
The causes and events of the Chinese Civil War 1946 - 49
The reasons for the Nationalist defeat
The reasons for the Communist victory
This wikipedia site has a very good summary of the Chinese civil war:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War
The reading below is from the book Mao, The Unknown Story by Jung Chang:
The Russians in Manchuria and support for the CCP
The document below is from China: from Empire to People's Republic 1900 - 1949 by Michael Lynch
The causes and events of the Chinese Civil War 1946 - 49
The reasons for the Nationalist defeat
The reasons for the Communist victory
This wikipedia site has a very good summary of the Chinese civil war:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War
The reading below is from the book Mao, The Unknown Story by Jung Chang:
The Russians in Manchuria and support for the CCP
The document below is from China: from Empire to People's Republic 1900 - 1949 by Michael Lynch
6. Mao Consolidation of Power
What methods did Mao use to consolidate his power? How do these compare to Lenin, Hitler or Stalin?
Mao Consolidation of Power Key Note
Lynch, The Peoples's Republic of China since 1949.
What problems did China face in 1949?
Extract from The Impact of Chairman Mao: China 1946 - 1976
Consolidation of Power
These extracts are from Authoritarian and Single Party States by Allan Todd and Sally Walker
Consolidation of Power part 1
Consolidation of Power part 2
Chinese propaganda posters:
Chinese Posters
The article below is from History Review and compares the rise of Stalin and Mao.
History Review: Stalin and Mao
Mao Consolidation of Power Key Note
Lynch, The Peoples's Republic of China since 1949.
What problems did China face in 1949?
Extract from The Impact of Chairman Mao: China 1946 - 1976
Consolidation of Power
These extracts are from Authoritarian and Single Party States by Allan Todd and Sally Walker
Consolidation of Power part 1
Consolidation of Power part 2
Chinese propaganda posters:
Chinese Posters
The article below is from History Review and compares the rise of Stalin and Mao.
History Review: Stalin and Mao
7. Social Reforms
8. Early Economic Policies & Hundred Flowers Campaign
1956 Mao "Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend."
The extract below is from Wild Swans by Jung Chang:
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
This extract is from Michael Lynch; The People's Republic of China 1949 -76
First Five Year Plan and 100 flowers Campaign
Why did Mao launch the Anti-Rightist campaign in 1957?
The extract below is from Wild Swans by Jung Chang:
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
This extract is from Michael Lynch; The People's Republic of China 1949 -76
First Five Year Plan and 100 flowers Campaign
Why did Mao launch the Anti-Rightist campaign in 1957?
9. Great Leap Forward
Here is an interesting podcast about Lysenko the Soviet geneticist who name is now a by-word for fraud.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bw51j
This is an extract about the Great Leap Forward from Wild Swans by Jung Chang:
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was characterised by steel production and collectivization, 'General Steel' and 'General Grain'.
Michael Lynch - General Steel
Michael Lynch - General Grain
The Effects of the Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bw51j
This is an extract about the Great Leap Forward from Wild Swans by Jung Chang:
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was characterised by steel production and collectivization, 'General Steel' and 'General Grain'.
Michael Lynch - General Steel
Michael Lynch - General Grain
The Effects of the Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward
10. Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution began in 1965. Why? According to Jung Chang it was actually a Great Purge:
The beginning of the Great Purge by Jung Chang from Mao, an unknown history
Extract from The Impact of Chairman Mao: China 1946 - 1976
The Cultural Revolution
The extract below is from Wild Swans by Jung Chang:
The Cultural Revolution
Here is a link to a BBC site with lots of information about the cultural revolution:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/cult.htm
Here is some information about Lin Biao:
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/lin.biao/
Here is some information about Jiang Qing:
http://www.biography.com/people/jiang-qing-9354625
What were the effects of the Cultural Revolution?
Effects of the Cultural Revolution by Lynch
Notes from Cesar's EE research (thanks Cesar!).
Mao and the Cultural Revolution
How did the Cultural Revolution end?
1. Use of the PLA
2. Death of Lin Biao and reaction to it
3. Decline and death of Mao
4. Return of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping
The beginning of the Great Purge by Jung Chang from Mao, an unknown history
Extract from The Impact of Chairman Mao: China 1946 - 1976
The Cultural Revolution
The extract below is from Wild Swans by Jung Chang:
The Cultural Revolution
Here is a link to a BBC site with lots of information about the cultural revolution:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/cult.htm
Here is some information about Lin Biao:
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/lin.biao/
Here is some information about Jiang Qing:
http://www.biography.com/people/jiang-qing-9354625
What were the effects of the Cultural Revolution?
Effects of the Cultural Revolution by Lynch
Notes from Cesar's EE research (thanks Cesar!).
Mao and the Cultural Revolution
How did the Cultural Revolution end?
1. Use of the PLA
2. Death of Lin Biao and reaction to it
3. Decline and death of Mao
4. Return of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping
The movie below shows Mao's famous swim in the Yangtze in 1966.
11. Ideology
12. Historiography
The following is by Michael Lynch and is an overview of some of the issues facing Historians when writing about China:
China and the Historians
China and the Historians
13. Single Party State Leaders - a comparison
Complete this to enable a quick overview and comparison of the different single party state leaders we have studied.
Here is a definition of Totalitarianism.
Here is a past paper question that you need to use a grid like the one above for.
'The aims and policies of single party state leaders rarely follow their declared ideology.' To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
Here is a definition of Totalitarianism.
Here is a past paper question that you need to use a grid like the one above for.
'The aims and policies of single party state leaders rarely follow their declared ideology.' To what extent do you agree with this assertion?