1. Hwa Chong Institution Secondary One Language Arts Home-Based Learning: 24 Jan 2011 Group members: Lewis Wong, Lawrence Liang, Nicholas Ow and Jun Ming

2. Topic 2:Madam Mao & Performing Arts in Communist China Madame Mao’s real name was Jiang Qing She had married 3 times in her life Jiang Qing was an actor before marrying Mao As Mao was her one of her husband, she was called Madame Mao in Western literature

3. Topic 2:Madam Mao & Performing Arts in Communist China Madame Mao directed operas and ballets with communist and revolutionary content as part of an effort to transform China's culture. ^ Li CunXin

4. Topic 2:Madam Mao & Performing Arts in Communist China She dominated the Chinese arts, and in particular attempted to reform the Beijing Opera which Li CunXin was once in.

5. Topic 3:Cultural Revolution The cultural revolution was launched by Mao Ze Dong on May 16, 1966 He was worried that the spirit of communism would vanish under Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping. There was also another concern in Mao that he would lose his power and influence on the people of China. He also had a belief that cultural revolution was a continual process and it could not stop.

6. Topic 3:Cultural Revolution The aim of it is to purge capitalist thought from the country It involved major violent changes being made to the political, economic and social nature of China. Mao insisted, with his theory of continuing revolution, that these elements should be removed through revolutionary violent class struggle by mobilizing China's youth. Those youths who, responded to his appeal, then formed Red Guard groups around the whole country.

7. Topic 3:Cultural Revolution Mao officially declared the end of Cultural Revolution in 1966. However, its active phase lasted until the death of the government figure Lin Biao in a plane crash in 1971. The power struggles and political instability between 1969 and the arrest of the Gang of Four in 1976 are now also widely regarded as part of the Revolution.

8. K W L TABLE K What I Know? W What I want to know? L What I learned? Mao launched the cultural revolution. Why he launched the cultural revolution. He launched the cultural revolution as he did not want to lose his power and he was worried that the spirit of communism would vanish. Name: Nicholas Ow(18) Class: 1o4 Group/Topics: Group 2 Topic 2 and 3

9. K W L TABLE K What I Know? W What I want to know? L What I learned? Madame Mao is ne of the “Gang of Four” and she was Mao’s husband How she became such a powerful woman and what she did to the Chinese Arts in Communist China Madame Mao’s real name was Jiang Qing, she was an actor before becoming Madame Mao and she dominated the Chinese Arts after marrying Mao Name: Lawrence Liang(10) Class: 1o4 Group/Topics: Group 2 Topic 2 and 3

10. K W L TABLE K What I Know? W What I want to know? L What I learned? Madame Mao served as Communist China's first first lady. Why does Madame Mao have so many names? Madame Mao had actually acted before! That is why she wanted to reform the Beijing Opera. Name: Lewis Wong(32) Class: 1o4 Group/Topic: Group 2 Topic 2 and 3