Communism Catch Phrase
What: We are studying the rise of communist societies in Russia and China in the early and middle of the 20th centuries. Students start out class by making a claim/thesis comparing and contrasting the implementation of communism in each place, then do some mini research to support their claim. Next, we played communism catch phrase! It is exactly what it sounds like. Students are split into three groups (with 4 people per group, I know, my classes are small). Each group gets the same list of 15 words related to the rise of communism in both places. They are: Guomindang Soviet Union Mao Zedong Zhenotdel Karl Marx Warsaw Pact Lenin Provisional government Chiang Kai-Shek Communism Stalin NATO Bolsheviks Kulak Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Each group had one student be the clue giver, and the rest of the class had to guess what the term was based on the clues. They could not rhyme or give initials. Each student had :30 seconds (projected as a timer on the whiteboard)...