Activity 1 - What was our inquiry?

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Activity Tasks

1. Mind-Map - Create a concept-map using Padlet, Mindmup or any other similar mind-mapping tool (or create a sketchnote by hand!) to unpack and brainstorm the statement of inquiry for this unit:

Revolutionary ideas thrive in crisis conditions as excluded sections of society are attracted to new ideologies that promise fairer development ​

Activity 2 - What concepts did we study?

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Activity Tasks

1. Concepts - Make sure you include the following concepts for this unit as sub-headings for your mind-map:
   1. ​Key Concept - Casuation
   2. Related Concepts - Ideology; Innovation & Revolution
   3. Global Context - Fairness and Development
2. Define - For each concept/global context, try to research and formulate your own definitions.
3. Link - Link connected concepts/ideas with arrows.

Activity 3 - Which events are significant?

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Activity Tasks
Now fill in your mind-map with key historical information and facts about the main events of the unit. Be sure to include:

1. Conditions for Peasants - Details of peasant life in 1920s/30s: social, political, economic, religious/cultural, military, class system, foreign imperialism
2. First United Front - CPC Founding, Reasons for Joining, Role of Comintern Agents, Chen Duxiu/Li Dazhou, PMTI, Whampoa, ACFTU, May 30th, Canton-HK Strike, Rise in membership
3. The White Terror - Canton Coup, Left-GMD, Peasant Associations, Nanking/Hankow Incidents, Shanghai General Strike, Green Gang, Shanghai Massacre, Ninghan Separation, Nanchang Uprising, Autumn Harvest Uprising, Guangzhou Uprising
4. The Jiangxi Soviet - Jinggang Mountains, Fourth Red Army, Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points of Attention, Gutian Conference, Futian Incident, Jiangxi Soviet Policies, 28 Bolsheviks, Ningdu Conference
5. The Long March - Encirclement Campaigns,  Bo Gu, Otto Braun, Zhou Enlai, Battle of Guangchang, General Chen Jitang, Battle of Xiang River, Zunyi Conference, Luding Bridge Incident, Meeting with Zhang Guotao
6. The Yan'an Soviet - Social, Economic & Political Policies, Ideological Rivalry, Wang Ming, Xi'an Incident, Second United Front, Mao Zedong Thought, Kang Sheng, Yan'an Rectification Campaign
7. Leadership of Mao - Party Roles, Xiang River Review, PMTI, Peasant Activism, Autumn Harvest Uprising, Jinggang Mountains, Futian Incident, Jiangxi Soviet, Long March, Zunyi, Mao Zedong Thought: Mass Line, Two-Stage Revolution, Continuous Revolution, People's War, Peasants as Revolutionary Class.

Activity 4 - Was Communism inevitable?

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Activity Tasks

1. Revise - Using your revision notes so far, revise for a Paper 3 essay on the topic of the rise of communism 1921-1936. Consolidate notes & finish concept map.
2. Essay Plan - Try practicing for your Paper 3 test by essay planning previous questions on this topic. Use this essay mark-scheme to help:
   1. Evaluate the role of Mao Zedong's leadership in the rise of Communism in China to 1935 - May 2019
   2. Discuss the factors that helped and hindered the rise of communism in China in the 1920s - Nov 2017
   3. "The importance of the Long March to the survival of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1930s has been exaggerated." To what extent do you agree with this statement? - Nov 2016
   4. “The Long March (1934–1935) was a complete failure but the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) managed to transform it into a propaganda victory.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? - Nov 2015
   5. Examine the significance of the Northern Expedition (1926–1927) and the Jiangsi (Kiangsi) Soviet (1928-1934) in the emergence of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) as leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by 1935 - May 2015
   6. ​How and why did the Chinese Communist Party survive between 1927 and 1937 despite serious threats to its existence? - Nov 2012
   7. Why did the First United Front (1924–1927) between the Chinese Communist Party and the Guomindang (Kuomintang) fail? - May 2012
   8. “Neither the Chinese Communist Party nor the Guomindang (Kuomintang) entered the First United Front in 1924 believing that it would survive for very long.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? - Nov 2011
   9. “The Long March (1934 –1935) was a retreat that changed the destiny of China.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? - May 2011
   10. To what extent did the experiences of the Jiangxi (Kiangsi) Soviet (1929–1934) and the Long March (October 1934–October 1935) influence the development of the Chinese Communist Party? - Nov 2009
   11. Compare and contrast the aims and policies of the Communists and the Nationalists in China during the First United Front established in 1924 - May 2009
   12. In what ways, and for what reasons, was the period 1928 to 1937 a turning point in Chinese history? - Nov 2008

Further Reading for Revision

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OBLIGATORY READING

1. Fenby, J. (2008). Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power
2. Lynch, M. (2016). Access to History - China 1839-1997

RECOMMENDED READING

1. Fairbank, J.K., & Goldman, M. (2006). China: A New History (2nd ed.)
2. Spence, J.D.(1990). The Search for Modern China
3. Zarrow, P. (2005). China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949

SUPPLEMENTARY READING

1. Hsu, I.C.Y. (2000). The Rise of Modern China (6th ed)
2. Twitchett, D., & Fairbank, J.K. (1980). The Cambridge History of China: Volume 12 - Republican China 1911-1949: Part 1

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