Access Point Number | Access Point Title |
SS.912.W.8.AP.3 | Recognize that China became a world power after the communists defeated the nationalists in the Chinese Civil War. |
Name | Description |
Cold War Proxy Wars: Chinese Civil War | This lesson starts with background reading and textual questions on the Chinese Civil War. Students will be given three propaganda primary sources from the Chinese Communist Party on the topics of the Great Leap Forward, Red Guards, and Cultural Revolution. They will write 3-sentence scenarios from the point of view of the targeted audience of the propaganda to give a written representation of those who would have supported the idea. This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating Civics and World History. |
Name | Description |
Portraits in Patriotism - Lily Tang Williams: Secondary School | Lily Tang Williams was born in communist China during Mao Zedong’s rule. She witnessed Mao’s Cultural Revolution first hand as she was growing up. She was a member of the Young Pioneers and the Red Guard, but yearned to come to the United States to learn about and live in a democracy. In 1988, she was able to come to the United States for schooling and was granted asylum status. |