CHINA’S COMMUNIST REVOLUTION

December 18-19, 2013

Students will analyze the origins of Communism in 20th century China through texts and a content poster.

Warm-Up: See next slide. Please match a word from the heading with a question.

THE GREAT WALL HONG KONGTAIWAN GOBI SHANGHAI

1. Name the third largest desert in the world on the border of China and Mongolia.

2. Name the man-made structure that stretches over 1500 miles of China.

3. Name the country off the coast of China that was the capital of Taipei.

4. What rocky island, once a part of China, became the property of Great Britain only to be returned to China again in 1997?

5. What is the largest city in China?

“Africa, Asia and Australia”, p. 426-7. ‘Communism in China’ text

CONTENT POSTER (BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NUMBER 4)

You are designing and creating a content poster of information

from the text and the book followed by a presentation to the class.

You must include : 4-word title your name

4 true/false statementsa map of China with 4 major cities

4 rivers/mountain ranges placed on your map a timeline with 4 key dates, labeled

4 key (complete) sentences from the text GIST of 40 (or 50) words describing 20th

century China

http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Sheffner-Posters.html