CULTURAL REVOLUTION WEBQUEST
A. Music of the Revolution: Listen to the following song and answer the questions which follow.
http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/CRSongs/pingpong.htm
1. According to the song, why are athletics important to China's youth? Identify 3 examples.
http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/CRSongs/sailingtheseas.html
2. According to the song, what is Mao responsible for?
3. What do the lyrics reveal about the role of the Chinese Communist Party in daily life?
http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/CRSongs/people.html
4. Why is the United States mentioned in this song?
5. Who are "the people of the world?" Is that classification accurate?
1. According to the song, why are athletics important to China's youth? Identify 3 examples.
http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/CRSongs/sailingtheseas.html
2. According to the song, what is Mao responsible for?
3. What do the lyrics reveal about the role of the Chinese Communist Party in daily life?
http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/CRSongs/people.html
4. Why is the United States mentioned in this song?
5. Who are "the people of the world?" Is that classification accurate?
B. Videos of the Revolution: Watch the following videos and answer the questions which follow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1P2DHE26g
6. What sport is championed by revolutionaries? Why?
7. SKIP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrUHVFkm9A&feature=related
8. Which "faith gave way to another?" Why?
9. Initially Mao instructed his troops to destroy opposing ideas, not people. Over time, this message was ignored. Why?
10. How was public humiliation a weapon used in the Cultural Revolution?
7. SKIP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrUHVFkm9A&feature=related
8. Which "faith gave way to another?" Why?
9. Initially Mao instructed his troops to destroy opposing ideas, not people. Over time, this message was ignored. Why?
10. How was public humiliation a weapon used in the Cultural Revolution?
C. Histories of the Revolution: Read the following articles and answer the questions which follow.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cultural-revolution/impact.html
*Select economy
11. Why did the population grow during the Cultural Revolution? How did that impact China?
12. Write a math problem which identifies the decreased food consumption during the Cultural Revolution.
13. Why did heavy industry increase while light industry and agriculture decreased? What does this reveal about Mao's economic priorities?
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/cup/sixteen_points.pdf
14. Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Central Committee do not state the names of those “persons in authority who are taking the capitalist road.” If you were a Chinese person reading this in 1966, and if you yourself were not clear on exactly which individuals were the targets, what would you do?
15. What steps would you take to carry out this Central Committee policy in your own local community or your own high school, college, or university?
16. If you identified yourself as a “revolutionary intellectual,” whom would you attack and overthrow?
*Select economy
11. Why did the population grow during the Cultural Revolution? How did that impact China?
12. Write a math problem which identifies the decreased food consumption during the Cultural Revolution.
13. Why did heavy industry increase while light industry and agriculture decreased? What does this reveal about Mao's economic priorities?
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/cup/sixteen_points.pdf
14. Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Central Committee do not state the names of those “persons in authority who are taking the capitalist road.” If you were a Chinese person reading this in 1966, and if you yourself were not clear on exactly which individuals were the targets, what would you do?
15. What steps would you take to carry out this Central Committee policy in your own local community or your own high school, college, or university?
16. If you identified yourself as a “revolutionary intellectual,” whom would you attack and overthrow?
