Students may want to create a multimedia production such as a hyper card using the topics in the boxes as an outline. The final assessment will be based on information gathered in this activity. In need of military and economic aid, Mao seeks Stalin's help. In February 1950, the Chinese and the Soviet Union sign a mutual defense treaty that also guarantees aid for China. China's rulers embark on radical land reforms.
Land is taken from private owners and handed to the peasants.
The former landowners are denounced and humiliated. Describe Mao's land reforms for China. Armed with Soviet tanks and military equipment, North Korea attacks South Korea in June 1950. The United States comes to South Korea's aid. With Stalin's encouragement, Mao enters the Korean conflict as American troops approach the Chinese border.