Message from ageisner

[Anonymous]

I too had been looking forward to a great discussion on Mao's reign in China and the subsequent events of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.

After my first year teaching this standard to my students I felt as though the textbook did not give it justice... nor did I have much personal information to add because I did not learn about it in great detail in college. Therefore, the following year I picked up a few supplemental resources to assist me and give me some ideas to bring into the classroom. For those of you looking for more information on this topic you will be happy to know that the supplemental resources I picked up are part of Package A (High School Social Studies). The DVD, China: A Century of Revolution, provides a wonderful overview and some great images. It provided my students with the visual I know my students lacked the first year I taught it. Also, the curriculum unit, China's Cultural Revolution has great information and a few literary works from the time. There is probably enough ideas to allow you to teach it for 3 weeks; obviously we don't have that much time, but it does provide an excellent range of activities for you to pick and choose from. So again, if you are seeking more information, I believe you would be very happy with these two resources.