Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.C.9.3.E
The Standard
- TOT.C.9.3
- Trace the rise of communist influence in other regions of the world, including
China’s genocidal conquest of Tibet, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution,
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · TOT.C.9.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine the invasion of Tibet and suppression of Tibetan religion and culture, the famine tied to forced collectivization, and persecution during the Cultural Revolution. They use dates and evidence to explain who was harmed and how.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students place the 1950 invasion of Tibet, the 1958 to 1962 Great Leap Forward, and the 1966 to 1976 Cultural Revolution on a timeline. They name a government action and a documented effect for each.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat all three as one campaign or blame the Great Leap Forward famine only on drought. They may miss how attacks on Tibetan religious and cultural life overlapped with nationwide campaigns.
How to Assess It
- Give students a three-row exit slip labeled Tibet, Great Leap Forward, and Cultural Revolution. Ask for one government action and one documented effect in each row.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs nine dated event cards from 1950 to 1976; have them build a timeline and circle events that overlap.
Ask: How did government policies cause harm differently in Tibet, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution? Require one source for each.
Hand out policy and consequence cards, such as grain quotas and famine; pairs match each set and explain the link.
Show a current Tibetan Uprising Day commemoration notice and a 1959 news report; students list which events each mentions.
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