Teacher's guide for The Chinese Cultural Revolution WebQuest

by Helen Hall

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Introduction

Use this WebQuest to help Year 11-12 Modern History students learn about Chinese Cultural Revolution. The goal is to get students engaging in critical thinking. Students will be assigned individual/pair roles depending on the size of the class. They should be given independent research time for their 'role' research. It is then proposed that they come together to produce a brief report on the impact of the Cultural Revolution on a range of Chinese people. This report could be in the form of an email to the teacher, submission for expert review, or a Powerpoint slide show of the key points (including appropriate images if possible) with notes provided.

Overview

Main Topic:	Chinese Cultural Revolution
Subtopics:	Evaluating Personal Experiences, Expert Jigsaw Activity, ,
Grade Level:	10 - 12
Subject(s):	Social Studies
Learning Goal:	engaging in critical thinking

Vision and Reality

If the learning goal were achieved in the most ideal of perfect worlds it would look something like:

Students will be assigned a site to research a series of questions to research. They will then report to the other students their findings. Students will then synthesise this information into a final paragraph analysing the experiences of Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution.

However, what I anticipate probably looks more like:

Based on the Vision set for this activity, the actual reality is more likely to be individual exposure to the changes brought about for at least one individual/family during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

The What - If Inventory

To give the activity its best chance at helping students learn, I assembled this list of possible resources:

Standards

Conclusion

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