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ENGLISH - 7th Grade (Red Scarf Girl): China's Cultural Revolution

This guide will provide a variety of topics from which students can choose and begin the research process for Red Scarf Girl

Cultural Revolution

What Was China's Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent?

In 1966, Mao Zedong launched his communist campaign, ending in the deaths of millions. So, what do we know about the Cultural Revolution?

Map of Area

Map: China. ProQuest, Ann Arbor, 2006. SIRS Discoverer

https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/2257078894?accountid=147606.

Benedict Library DataBase Resources

Cultural Revolution

Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Nov. 2020.

The Extraordinary Chinese Revolution

The London Gazette, Wednesday,  Feb. 16, 1853

How the Cultural Revolution Sowed the Seeds of Dissent in China

New York Times, 16 June 2016

Scars From a Revolution Ache 50 Years Later

New York Times, 15 May 2016

Benedict Library Resources

NEWSELA Collection

The Chinese Revolution of 1949

Mao's Cultural Revolution: All you need to know about 

China's social and political movement

Images

Propaganda poster during the Cultural Revolution, 20th century, China

Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/170_2989526/1/170_2989526/cite. Accessed 21 Jan 2021.

'March Forward to Achieve Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution' (Mao Tse-tung greeting the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square, Beijing). 

Chinese poster, 1973.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1631697/1/140_1631697/cite. Accessed 21 Jan 2021.

CHINA: RED GUARDS, c1967. Members of the Red Guard movement holding copies of 'Quotations from Chairman Mao.' 

Photograph, c1967.. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017.
quest.eb.com/search/140_1792419/1/140_1792419/cite. Accessed 21 Jan 2021.