Activity 1 - Why did GMD not invade Yan'an?

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Activity Tasks

1. Think/Pair/Share - On your own then with a partner, consider the question, ‘Why did the GMD not invade Yan’an and destroy the CCP?’. Share your ideas with the class.
2. Review - Review and make notes from the information on Slides 1-8 of the Lesson Presentation on the reasons why the CCP avoided destruction by the GMD. 
3. Discuss - How would history have been different if Chiang Kai-Shek had refused to sign the Second United Front agreement at Xian in 1936?

Activity 2 - What was Mao Zedong Thought?

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Activity Tasks

1. Examine - Who was Mao’s ideological opponents at Yan’an? Make a list of those that supported and those that still opposed Mao Zedong within the CCP between 1935-1945.
2. Investigate - Using Slides 9-13 and your own research, investigate how Mao developed his ideology at Yan’an. In pairs, choose a different aspect of Mao Zedong Thought to research and add your findings to this worksheet:
   1. Peasants as a revolutionary class
   2. Two-Stage Revolution
   3. The Mass Line
   4. Continuous Revolution
   5. People’s War

Activity 3 - How did Mao consolidate power?

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Activity Tasks

1. Sort - Examine this card sort worksheet. Each card describes a different aspect of the Yan’an Rectification Campaign. Sort the cards into three piles: causes, key events, and consequences.
2. Rank - Rank the cause and consequences piles in order of importance. What were the most significant causes and consequences of the Rectification campaign.
   
3. Write - Write a paragraph explaining your answer to the question: ‘How did the Yan’an Rectification Campaign help Mao Zedong consolidate power?’

Activity 4 - How did CPC policies evolve?

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Activity Tasks

1. Create - Create a thematic table to help you summarise the main changes to the CCP during the Yan’an years. Use the following thematic categories:
   1. Social
   2. Political
   3. Economics
   4. Relations
   5. Military
2. Research - Using Slides 19-27 of the Lesson Presentation and the following resources, research how the CCP evolved between 1935-1945, recording these details in your thematic tables.
3. Discuss - What was the most significant way in which the Yan’an Soviet helped contribute to the eventual success of the CCP in 1949?

Further Reading

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obligatory reading

1. Lynch, M. (2016). Access to History - China 1839-1997, pp. 85-89

recommended reading

1. Zarrow, P. (2005). China in War and Revolution: 1895-1949, pp. 324-336

supplementary reading

1. Hsu, I.C.Y. (2000). The Rise of Modern China (6th ed), pp. 591-599

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