1. What were the causes and key features of the Second Sino-Japanese War?

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Lesson Objectives
​To examine the chain of causation that led to the outbreak of war and its key events from 1937-41

Lesson Tasks

1. Read and make notes from pages 48-53.
2. Complete Activities 12-17
3. Create an essay plan for the following Question 4 style mini essay. Try to identify which sources and quotations you would use from the chapter in your essay plan:
   1. 'Using the sources and the text in this chapter, discuss the reasons why Japan decided to expand its control over China between 1931 and 1938.'
4. Using the information from your textbooks and essential readings, create a timeline of the causes and key features of the Sino-Japanese War until 1941.

​Essential Readings

1. Duus, P. (1989). The Cambridge History of Japan, 302-309
2. Gordon, A. (2003). A Modern History of Japan, Chapter 12, 204-206.
3. ​Hanneman, Chapter 5, 51-57
4. The Penguin History of the Second World War, Chapter 9: The Outbreak of the China Incident

2. What was the impact of the 'China Incident' on International Relations?

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Lesson Objectives
​To evaluate the domestic and international impact and response to the Sino Japanese War

​Lesson Tasks

1. ​Read and make notes from pages 53-60.
2. Complete Activities 1-3.
3. Complete this practice paper on the Sino-Japanese War.
4. Between 1931-1938, what influenced Japanese foreign policy more? Economic factors or ideological forces?
5. Summarise your notes so far by considering how each of the following responded to, and were effected by, the Sino-Japanese War:
   1. Japan
   2. USA
   3. UK
   4. Germany
   5. USSR
   6. KMT - Chiang Kai-shek/Wang Jingwei
   7. CCP

​Essential Readings

1. Hanneman, M. (2014). Japan Faces the World, Chapter 5​
2. Jansen, M.B. (2000). The Making of Modern Japan, 615-624 and 627-629