8th Grade Classwork
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Quarter 2 - Oct. 22 - Dec. 19
Decline of European Colonialism
Creation of the People's Republic of
China - side 2 of curriculum guide
decline_of_european_colonialism_curriculum_guide.docx |
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10/15
- Breakup of the British Empire Quiz
10/16 and 10/17
- Map of China
- Geography and Language lecture
- Opium Wars reading
10/18 and 10/19
- Review quiz
- Debate - moral and legal justifications on Opium Wars
10/22
- Watch Discovery Education video on China - Boxer Rebellion, Creation of Rep. of China,
Creation of PRC
- Sun Yat-Sen reading and questions
10/23 and 10/24
Warm up: Turn in Sun Yat-Sen reading/questions
DEBATE!
Lecture on Boxer Rebellion and Sun Yat-Sen
The Good Earth – activity
10/25 – split block
- Work on Good Earth Quote Analysis
- Read intro and Chap 1 in MLD – compare to intro in Good Earth
- HW: Finish reading chapter 1 (due 10/29 or 10/30)
10/26 – All in English for Outsiders Day
Turn in quote analysis
- Communism v. capitalism game
10/29 and 10/30
- Timeline showing the fall of the Qing Dynasty (this should be review) and the rise of the
Nationalist Party and Communist Party.
- Review Capitalism v. Communism
- Read article on China’s coal – homework is comparison paragraph.
- Read chapters 2 and 3 in Mao’s Last Dancer. Finish for homework
10/31 and 11/1
- Lecture on Communists take power (Long March through Great Leap Forward)
Review ideas of poverty, tradition, boys, pride/family name from intro and chapter
- Review chapters 2 and 3 in MLD
- HW: Read chapters 4 and 5
communists_take_power_long_march_to_great_leap_forward.ppt |
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No School for Students on 11/2
11/5
Cultural Revolution lecture
Review chapter 4- Tibet, old ways v. new ways (cult rev.): marriage, religion, property, punishment, propaganda
HW: Read Chap 6
11/6 and 11/7
Warm up: read chapter 7
Lecture on Lin Biao and Confucius
Read chap 8
11/8 and 11/9
Warm up: Get out your project sheet.
Open Note Quiz
Read 9 in class, 10 and 12 homework -- SKIP CHAPTER 11
Look for Lin Biao, Confucius, self-criticisms, censorship, Nixon, teacher disappears,
end goal of communism