The Woman Warrior Lesson Plan

Chinese Communist Revolution

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

To place Kingston’s memoir in the broader context of the Chinese Communist Revolution and the years before and after

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2

Structure:

Play the following video for the class, from 3’43” to the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUCEeC4f6ts&t=80s. Tell students to take notes while they watch, and especially to pay attention to historical events that match up with events in this chapter.

After the video, have students respond to the following questions: What is communism? Who was Mao Zedong? Who were the nationalists compared to the communists?...