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IB Syllabus Link - Paper 2: Authoritarian States (20th century) The emergence of authoritarian states: The conditions in which authoritarian states emerged: economic factors; social divisions; the impact of conflict; weaknesses of political systems. |
Lesson Objectives:
Lesson Outcomes: Grade 4: To identify why different events were significant in Mao's rise to power. Grade 5: To explain why some evens were more significant than others in Mao's rise to power. Grade 6/7: To analyse the different events and reach a judgment comparing different events to explain which is the most significant in contributing to Mao's rise to power. |
'I DON’T THINK THAT THERE WAS MUCH NATURAL CRUELTY IN MAO’S MAKE-UP. HE DIDN’T EXERCISE CRUELTY FOR THE SAKE OF CRUELTY. HE DIDN’T MIND USING IT IF IT WAS NECESSARY, BUT HE WAS NOT A MAN WHO GOT HIS KICKS THAT WAY. HE WAS A MAN WHO SAW LIFE AS BEING VERY CRUEL.' - HARRISON SALISBURY |
2. Activate Activity: Choose 2 of the following 3 to complete in order to consolidate your knowledge of the factors contributing to Mao's rise to power
3. Demonstrate Activity: Collaborative essay Collaborate with other class members to write an answer to an evaluate essay question. Work in the following groups:
4. Consolidate Activity 1: Collaborate with your team to peer assess another group's essay. 5. Consolidate Activity 2: Complete an ATL or learner attribute reflection on the skills or attributes you have developed this lesson. Home Learning: 1. Act on the peer assessment feedback to improve your paragraph in the collaborative essay. Make any corrections in another colour. 2. Respond to two other students' posts. use the dialogue toolkit to write your response. |
Dialogue Toolkit
Dialogue Toolkit from Out of Eden Learn, an initiative of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education: https://learn.outofedenwalk.com/dialogue-toolkit/
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