Mao's+China+-+The+Cultural+Revolution

=__**MAO'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION: 1966-1976**__=



Handout: Chapter 4 Breslin: 101 - 143 Benson: 36-45 Pearson: 174-179 Cambridge: 128-130, 138-142, 152-158,
 * __Readings__:**


 * __Resources__:**



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 * __Audio Files__:**
 * China Under Mao**

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 * Long Live Chairman Mao** (this audio lecture focuses on the building of the Cult of Mao in the 1960s)

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 * Mao's Last Revolution Begins** (The 1st of a 3 lecture series on the beginning of, activities of, and consequences of the Cultural Revolution)

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 * The Children's Crusade** (2nd Cultural Revolution lecture focusing on the Red Guards)

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 * The Storm Subsides** (3rd audio lecture on the end of the Cultural Revolution)


 * __Video__:**

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__Assignment:__ Please answer the following question, which is due in one week.


 * //How important were Chinese youth to the success of Mao's Cultural Revolution?//**

In answering this question, you should consider the activities of:
 * The Red Guards
 * University Students
 * Family members and school children

Then examine the part youth played in:
 * The denunciations
 * Savagery and vandalism

But, don't forget to consider other factors that contributed to its success, such as:
 * Mao
 * The Central Cultural Revolution Group (led by his wife)
 * The PLA

__**YOU WILL NEED TO DECIDE WHETHER THE YOUTH WERE IMPORTANT ON THEIR OWN OR MERELY //USED// BY MAO AND OTHERS.**__