1. 2017 Overview of Mao’s Communist China

2. Student Responsibilities During PowerPoint
Students are to take notes on the PowerPoint slides and YouTube Videos on the Cornell Note Method Sheets.
Record key terms, definitions, and historical details about Mao’s Communist China in the RECORD COLUMN.
At the end of class in the last few minutes, the students will share and compare with their partners and complete the RECALL COLUMN and SUMMARY BOX.
Please Note: Depending on time, the teacher will decide which YouTube Video clips to watch. Ones not watched in class would be good to watch as review for the End of East Asia Unit Test.

3. Review of Communism

4. Communism
An economic or political system in which the state or the community owns all property and the means of production, and all citizens share the wealth.
Creates a classless society (theoretically)
Ex – Vietnam, Cuba, U.S.S.R.

5. Communism is a Command Economy
The government (or central authority) determines what, how, and for whom goods and services are produced.
ALL economic decisions are made by the government.
The government owns most of the property.
The government sets the prices of goods.
The government determines the wages of workers.
No competition
Heavy taxation
Strong Command – where government makes all decisions
Communism – China, Cuba
Requires all productive resources to be owned and operated by the government
Permits little freedom

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What Is Communism?
Seeker Daily
Published on Apr 21, 2015
Running Time of 2:54 Minutes

8. Mao’s Early Years

9. China under Mao: Early Years
Having defeated the Nationalists/Guomindang, Mao set about building a Communist China. His first concern was rebuilding a country that had been torn apart by years of civil war.
Communist ideology shaped new government
Change in China’s political, economic systems
Government discouraged practice of religion
Rebuilding China
Also seized property of rural landowners, redistributed among peasants
Put in place Soviet-style five-year plans for industrial development
Development
1957, first plan doubled China’s small industrial output
Early efforts to build economy successful
Improved economy, reduced poverty
First Five Year Plan

10. Improvements in literacy rates, public health
Early Years
Improvements in literacy rates, public health
Chinese life expectancy increased sharply over next few decades
Improvements came at a cost
To consolidate Communist control over China, government soon began to eliminate so-called “enemies of the state” who had spoken out against government’s policies
Many thousands—including public officials, business leaders, artists, writers—killed, or sent to labor camps

11. Have To Go To YouTube To Watch
Mao Zedong: China's Peasant Emperor (3/4) 
Alpha History
Published on Jan 14, 2015
A and E Biography
Running Time of 13:53 Minutes---Stop at 8 Minutes Before Great Leap Forward Starts
This American-produced documentary looks at the life, times and leadership of Mao Zedong - from his peasant origins to his grip over the People's Republic of China. Part 3 of 4. Starts with 1949…

12. Mao’s Later Years

13. The Great Leap Forward
The success of the First Five Year Plan encouraged Mao to do the Second Five Year Plan, the Great Leap Forward, in 1958.
Land was taken from landlords and more wealthy peasants and given to poorer peasants.
Large scale industrialization projects were also undertaken.

14. The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy so that by 1973, China would have an economy that rivaled America.

15. Communes during the Great Leap
Mao believed that industry and agriculture had to grow simultaneously to allow the other to grow.
Industry could only prosper if the work force was well fed, while the agricultural workers needed industry to produce the modern tools needed for modernization.
To allow for this, China was reformed into a series of communes.
People in a commune gave up their ownership of tools, animals etc so that everything was owned by the commune.

16. Effects Of The Great Leap Forward
Plan was disaster; small commune factories failed to produce quantity, quality of goods China needed
Combination of poor weather, farmers’ neglect led to sharp drops in agricultural production
Famine spread through rural China; tens of millions starved to death between 1959 and 1961
According to government statistics, there were 15 million excess deaths between
Planning Disaster
Failure of Great Leap Forward led to criticism of Mao
Soviet criticism, withdrawal of Soviet industrial aid widened rift between two Communist nations
By early 1960s, relations had broken down completely; China virtually isolated in world community
China Virtually Isolated

17. Have To Go To YouTube To Watch
KineticHistory: The Great Leap Forward
KineticHistory
Published on Dec 30, 2016
Running Time of 5:41 Minutes
The 'Great Leap Forward' - an attempt to rapidly develop Communist China's agrarian economy between 1958 and led to one of the most disastrous famines of all time.

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Great Leap Forward Summary
Tryon Thompson
From History Channel
Uploaded on Apr 11, 2009
Running Time of 6: 04 Minutes

20. Propaganda of the Great Leap Forward

21. Propaganda of the Great Leap Forward

22. The Cultural Revolution
New Movement
Mid-1960s, Mao tried to regain power, prestige lost after Great Leap Forward
Initiated new movement called Cultural Revolution, sought to ride China of old ways, create society where peasants, physical labor were the ideal
Red Guards
Campaign meant eliminating intellectuals who Mao feared wanted to end communism, bring back China’s old ways
Mao shut down schools, encouraged militant students, Red Guards, to carry out work of Cultural Revolution by criticizing intellectuals, values
Destruction of Society
Mao lost control; Red guards murdered hundreds of thousands of people; by late 1960s, China on verge of civil war before Mao regained control
Cultural Revolution reestablished Mao’s dominance, caused terrible destruction; civil authority collapsed, economic activity fell off sharply

23. Mao and The Cultural Revolution
Facing the prospect of losing his place on the political stage, Mao responded by launching the Cultural Revolution in 1966.
One of the main focuses of the Cultural Revolution was the abolishment of the Four Olds: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas.

24. Red Guards Role in the Cultural Revolution
The role of Red Guard was mainly to attack the "Four Olds" of society, that is what is believed to be old ideas, cultures, habits, and customs of China at the time.
Red Guards in Beijing and elsewhere in China had taken to the streets from their schools.
They made posters, speeches, criticized Party leaders, and some committed violent acts in the name of the Cultural Revolution.

25. Red Guards Role in the Cultural Revolution
Throughout the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards traveled throughout China, going to schools, universities, and institutions, spreading the teachings of Mao.

26. Mao’s Little Red Book
Was published by the Government of the People's Republic of China from April until 1976.
Collection of quotations excerpted from Mao Zedong's past speeches and publications
Requirement for every Chinese citizen to own, to read, and to carry it at all times during the later half of Mao's rule, especially during the Cultural Revolution.

27. The Cultural Revolution
Many religious buildings such as temples, churches, mosques, and cemeteries were closed down and sometimes looted and destroyed.
In August and September, there were 1,772 people murdered in Beijing alone. In Shanghai in September there were 704 suicides and 534 deaths related to the Cultural Revolution.

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What Is the Cultural Revolution?
NTDTV
Published on Aug 27, 2013
Running Time of 7:26 Minutes
Have you heard the term "Cultural Revolution" and wondered what it refers to? Or maybe you know it was a rough time in Chinese history but don't know what happened during that time. Join Mike Chen as he gives you a brief overview of China's Cultural Revolution and helps you understand some of the phenomena that characterized that time.

30. Have To Go To YouTube To Watch
What Was China's Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent?
Seeker Daily
Published on May 20, 2016
Running Time of 3:56 Minutes

31. Have To Go To YouTube To Watch
What was China's Cultural Revolution? BBC News
BBC News
Published on May 16, 2016
Running Time of 2:16 Minutes
The Cultural Revolution, a campaign launched by then-leader Mao Zedong to get rid of his rivals, led to massive social, economic and political upheaval in China. Here we explain what happened.