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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Chinese Nationalists

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Arizona State University offers information about the Chinese Nationalists who played a part in the history of China.
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BBC

Bbc News: How China Is Ruled

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you want to learn about the government of China? Here's an interactive graphic chart presented in an easy to follow format. Click on any of the titles in the chart to get more specific details.
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Website
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Chinese Civil War: Why Did the Communists Win? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article looks at war and military by examining the Chinese Civil War between the Nationalists and Communists. Includes questions for discussion and writing and small group activity in which students use evidence to support the main...
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Primary
Other

Constitution of the People's Republic of China

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the full text of China's Constitution, complete with preamble, articles, and latest amendments.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government and Politics of China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Government and Politics of China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Republican China (1915 1928)

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of China during the time just before and just after World War I.
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University of Maryland

The People's Republic of China

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers information about the People's Republic of China, which was established in 1949, after the victory of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Chinese Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a thorough description of the events that lead up to the Chinese Civil War, breaking down the people and events that lead to a historical change that touched the world. Includes links to terms and people that may need...
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PBS

Pbs: Commanding Heights: Mao Zedong

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great biography of Mao Zedong (1893-1976). Looks at his early life, political activism, military leadership, unifying China, and policies implemented under his rule. A great site for learning about Chinese History in the 20th...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Frontline: The Gate of Heavenly Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion website to the documentary about the protests at Tiananmen in 1989, and the resulting Beijing Massacre of June 4.
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Website
Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive: Mao Zedong (Mao Tse Tung)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Marxists Internet Archive, offers pictures of Mao, a brief biography and an archive of his written works.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists.org: Trotskyism in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll to "From Communist League to Revolutionary Communist Party," for an interesting perspective from the losing side in the Chinese Civil War of 1948.
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Website
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the history of communism throughout the world. Looks at the principles of Marxism and communism, Karl Marx, and major communist political victories around the world.
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Website
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of the Fordham University contains Mao Zedong's report on an investigation of the peasant movement in Hunan, March 1927.
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Website
CNN

Cnn: The Father of Modern China: Sun Yat Sen (1866 1925)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a CNN profile on Sun Yat-sen. It contains biographical information, quotes, and photographs.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Central of the Chinese Party

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1949, United States State Department issued a report on the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The document explains how the existing Chinese Kuomintang government under communist leadership is failing to meet the...
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Curated OER

China: Chinese Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated map showing the spread of Chinese communism from 1945 to 1949.