4. Where did the revolution go? By 1965 Mao was worried that a new upper class was growing in China. There were some rich businessmen with lots of power but most were poor. Why might this bother him?
5. Let 100 flowers bloom! Mao launched the “100 Flowers Bloom and 100 Schools of Thought contend” campaign. People were encouraged to write dazibao (big character posters) which showed their dissatisfaction with the current policies of the government.
6. What do you think people might have written on their dazibao?
8. The outcome ? Mao identified people who opposed the regime? He launched the cultural revolution to get the revolution back on track. Look at the picture opposite. What do you notice about the young boy?
9. Mao used this ‘Red Guard’ help him carry out the Cultural Revolution.
10. Who were the Red Guard? What did you notice about the Red Guard in the video? Why do you think they were so willing to follow Mao’s orders?
11. Everything you ever need to know about Revolution Mao armed the Guard with permission to do whatever they wanted, and... The Little Red Book
12. The Little Red Book OR Quotations from Chairman Mao ‘All power comes out of the barrel of a gun’ ‘Revolution is a war of the masses’ ‘The world belongs to you. China’s future belongs to you’
13. So what did Mao get his Red Guards to do? Mao told his guards to attack the “Four Olds” Who might be the targets of the attacks on these ‘Olds’?
14. SO WHAT DID THEY DO? What are the men in the centre wearing on their heads? What is going on in this slide?
15. SO WHAT DID THEY DO? As you can see these men are wearing dunce caps with different Chinese words on their heads, used as a public form of humiliation. These men are in fact school teachers
16. SO WHAT DID THEY DO? Why does it seem that everyone is looking at these men? What is the purpose of this event?
17. SO WHAT DID THEY DO? These men are purposely being displayed to a group of normal Chinese citizens for the people to see “what not to do, and its punishments.” Punishments like this (making a public example) were actually considered very light as apposed to many of the others enforced throughout the Cultural Revolution.
18. SO WHAT DID THEY DO? What are the small group of men behind the dunces doing? These boys were the “Red Guards.” Through actions things like, imprisoning or humiliation (shown-holding dunces out). these young people caused chaos by raiding homes or destroying anything even associated to the “four olds.”
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