Unit+Two-+The+Rise+of+Communism

**Enduring Understanding:**

 * The social, economic, and political influence of communism in the 20th century.

** Essential Questions: **

 * To what extent did ignorance play in the fall of European and Asian monarchies at the beggining of the 20th century?
 * Complete control over a country is needed to rapidly modernize, how far do you agree?
 * Evaluate the effectiveness of Communism under Stalin and Mao.

** Learning outcomes: **

 * Explain the fall of monarchies/dynasties in Russia and China.
 * Define communism.
 * Define capitalism.
 * Discuss the rise of communism in Russia and China.
 * Compare and contrast communism and capitalism.
 * Compare and contrast Russian communism with Chinese communism.
 * Evaluate communism and capitalism as an economic system.
 * To what extent did communism improve the lives of the ordinary Chinese and Russian?

Russia and the USSR
 * Detailed study of the links below**

Pre-Communist China and China under Communist rule

**Links to TOK**: Ethics

 * **IB Learner profile:**
 * ======Thinkers: they exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to recognize and approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.======


 * Activities**
 * Non-linguistic representations-drawing paper
 * PowerPoint presentations
 * Debates
 * Wiki page development
 * Quizzes
 * Class discussions

**Assessments**
Formative Summative
 * Wiki page development, editing, and discussion
 * PowerPoint presentations
 * Quizzes
 * PowerPoint presentations
 * Test-5 paragraph essay

**Resources**

 * __China since 1900__, Josh Broman
 * __GCSE Modern World History__, Ben Walsh
 * Activehistory.co.uk