Unit #5: China: From the Qing Dynasty to Mao's Communism

Here are the essential questions for our unit:

1. Why did the Qing dynasty decline and ultimately collapse, and what role did the Western powers play in this process? 
2. What problems did China encounter between the two world wars, and what solutions did the Nationalists and the Communists propose? 
3. How did Mao Zedong and the Communists come to power in China?  
4. What were Mao’s chief goals for China, and what policies did he institute to try to achieve them?

Here are some important documents:

• Unit Calendar
• Research Project Guidelines
• Research Note paper
• Primary Source Note paper
• Reading Guides
• Class notes from Chinese Philosophies presentations
• Unit Review - use this to help you get organized for the partner test 

Here are the PowerPoint presentations:
Women in China:

The Early Republic:

Chiang Kai-Shek:

Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party:

Japanese Aggression in China:

Mao Zedong and the Communist Party:

Links for China Research Project:  Please do NOT use Wikipedia as a source for this project... We'll talk more in class about what's acceptable four online sources.

• Asia for Educators - website with great primary source documents and brief histories of events
• East Asian History Sourcebook - more primary source documents
• Gale Group Database - password is wildcats.  Scroll down to use the World History in Context search engine.  We'll talk more about this in class...
• AP Images - great spot for images for your powerpoint
• Bedford Handbook - Research and Documentation Online - this is a great place to go if you have questions about how to cite your sources for your bibliography.  Use MLA list of Works Citedhttp://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch08_s1-0011.html