1. What were the causes of the Rebellion?

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Lesson Objectives
​To identify the reasons for the Boxer Rebellion and analyse its impact on China

Lesson Tasks

1. ​Download, read, and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
2. Listen and make notes from this BBC Podcast on the Boxer Rebellion.
3. Download this study pack on the Boxer Rebellion and complete the following questions:
   1. Timeline Exercise on page 4
   2. Review Questions 1-2 on page 5
   3. Review Questions 1-8 on page 6
   4. Document Questions 1-3 for Source B1 and B2 on p. 7
   5. Review Questions 1-5 on page 9
   6. Review Questions 1-5 on page 13
   7. The last Review Question on page 13

​Further Reading

1. Lynch, M. (2016). Access to History: China 1839-1997, 34-44.
2. Spence, J.D. (2000). The Search for Modern China, 230-238.

2. Why did the Late Qing Reforms fail?

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Lesson Objectives
​To evaluate the successes and failures of the Late Qing Reforms

​Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read, and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
2. Complete Questions 1-4 on this worksheet, analysing the 1901 Reform Edict of the Qing Imperial Government.
3. Read Chapters 28-29 of Jung Chang's 'Empress Dowager Cixi'. To what extent does Chang's perspective of Cixi and the Late Qing Reforms differ from the orthodox view of her role?
   

​Further Reading

1. Lynch, M. (2016). Access to History: China 1839-1997, 47-51.
2. Spence, J.D. (2000). The Search for Modern China, 238-249.​

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