Lesson Plan

Activities & Assignments


In this section, several different activities and assignments, in regards to the lesson plan on TSP, can be found for students and teachers.

1. Individually or as a group, practice a form of protest with topics discussed regards to the June 4th events.

a. Learn about protesting for human rights, equality, democracy, etc.

b. Researching about protesting incidents, students, purpose, and results.

c. Conduct a protest in front of an appropriate crowd, safely.


2. Start a pro-democracy club in school.

a. Ask teachers and school board members about club activities.

b. Bring awareness to peers


3. Raise funds/donations to pro-democracy organizations.

a. Join pro-democracy organizations

i. Support Democracy in China: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/sdchome.html

ii. Chinese Democracy Movement


4. Read news articles/journals related to June 4th anniversary and present stories in class.

a. Annual Tiananmen Square cat-and-mouse game – LA TIMES: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/04/world/la-fg-china-tiananmen-20100604

b. 1989: Massacre in Tiananmen Square – BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm

c. Create a timeline of Tiananmen Square events.