Timeline of China's Cultural Revolution
Document A: Mao's "Little Red Book"
1. What was the purpose of Mao's Little Red Book?
2. What are 2 reasons that Mao thought young people were important to China's future?
3. If you were a young person in 1964, how would you have felt upon reading these quotes?
2. What are 2 reasons that Mao thought young people were important to China's future?
3. If you were a young person in 1964, how would you have felt upon reading these quotes?
Document B: Red Guard Song
1. Who wrote the song?
2. Why do you think the song was written?
3. What is the main message of the song?
4. If you were a young person in 1966, why would you want to sing this song?
2. Why do you think the song was written?
3. What is the main message of the song?
4. If you were a young person in 1966, why would you want to sing this song?
Document C: At the Center of the Storm
Document D: Under the Red Sun Memoir
1. How are Documents C and D similar types of sources?
2. Do you find these accounts reliable?
3. Why or Why Not?
4. Explain using evidence from documents C & D.
5. Rae Yang (Doc. C) and Fan Cau (Doc. D) both wrote dazibao. Yang denounced her teacher and Fan denounced her parents. Explain one way that their actions were similar and one way that their actions differed.
6. According to these two documents, what are some reasons why young people joined the Red Guards?
2. Do you find these accounts reliable?
3. Why or Why Not?
4. Explain using evidence from documents C & D.
5. Rae Yang (Doc. C) and Fan Cau (Doc. D) both wrote dazibao. Yang denounced her teacher and Fan denounced her parents. Explain one way that their actions were similar and one way that their actions differed.
6. According to these two documents, what are some reasons why young people joined the Red Guards?
Task: Paragraph writing
Use evidence from the documents and the timeline above to answer the overall question...
"Why did Chinese youth get swept up in the Cultural Revolution?"
* Don't forget to tie your evidence in to your claim. *
* Don't forget to tie your evidence in to your claim. *