thoughts about session 13 on 8/2 w/Dr. Dube
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August 2, 2012 at 2:20 am #24492
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GuestArticle that follows what Dr. Dube was explaining about the USC students..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/usc-students-killed-arrest_n_1529209.html#s863312
edited by jsheehan on 8/2/2012August 2, 2012 at 2:25 am #24493GuestThank you for going through the website with us. I think that will be very useful throughout the school year for me to include information about East Asia. I can use some of the more modern information such as the article on air pollution to introduce China or to link pre modern China to today.
August 2, 2012 at 2:37 am #24494GuestIts amazing to see how Korea came back from being completely destroyed several times to such a rich country. I remember about 12 years ago the people I stayed with would not throw away a single grain of rice. If it fell on the floor it was picked up and washed and saved, never thrown away. Of course 'progress' comes with a price. Much of the land is being used for building and less and less for farming.
August 2, 2012 at 3:18 am #24495GuestMy question is if the land reform was such a good thing at the time, why is China still such a relatively poor country?
August 2, 2012 at 3:56 am #24496GuestI want to read the two documents regarding human rights, from the US perspective and from China's. Maybe contrast point of view? it is a little arrogant for us to rate and publish other countries' human rights violations.
August 2, 2012 at 3:58 am #24497GuestIn perspective, the movement of all Chinese people assisting each other with resources should have worked. But, just like everything else, portions based on status are not always fair.
I am very excited to examine all of my notes and go through websites because I am finding more and more information can be used in my class. I only need time to sit and digest where I can plug in everything because I have a set curriculum, and we must have fidelity to our district based curriculum.August 2, 2012 at 4:25 am #24498GuestWhat?!! You mean to tell me Mao lost a part of his power!!! According to Dube, Mao lost the privilege to control economic policy. This is total news to me because so far in all the things that I have seen/learn about China is directly/indirectly connected to Mao. So its interesting to find out that Mao at one point did not have absolute power in China.
August 2, 2012 at 4:33 am #24499GuestFYI:
Mexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California Norte and 2nd largest city in Baja California after Tijuana. It was officially founded on 14th March 1903 and is situated on the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to Calexico, California; 3 or 4 hours from L.A. When you cross the border from Calexico, you see two large pagodas. This is because Mexicali started out as a small town populated mainly by Chinese laborers. Along with Tijuana, Mexicali is known for its excellent Chinese food. When I was training teachers in South Korea I read an article in the military newsletter about how great the Chinese food is in Mexicali. Field trip?August 2, 2012 at 4:36 am #24500GuestDid the leaders or people get offended with the title "Red China"?
August 2, 2012 at 4:44 am #24501GuestI read this to my students last year and it was a big hit. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/opinions/outlook/whats-in-a-name/mao.html Was Mao a maoist?
August 2, 2012 at 4:46 am #24502GuestWasn't Peng Dehuai already under house arrest when he wrote this review?
August 2, 2012 at 4:47 am #24503GuestInterested in buying a Cultural Revolution Cookbook? "Part narrative, part history, part recipe compendium, the book is an ode to the spirit of creativity in lean times."[font=georgia, sans-serif] [/font]Read this article on NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/19/145456950/surviving-chinas-cultural-revolution-on-seasonal-local-food
edited by tbryant on 8/2/2012August 2, 2012 at 5:22 am #24504GuestI had some ideas about using not only the propaganda posters from China, but also in having my students detect the bias and decode the Time magazine covers...
August 2, 2012 at 5:32 am #24505GuestIt is incredible to me that at so many points in history so many people can die from choices that the regime makes, and how sometimes it can take so long for the deaths to be known. How can this be? How can 25-40 million people die in a period of 3 years, and that not be more apparent? It reminds me of deaths in the Holocaust and Rwanda and how so many deaths can be uncovered so late into the process.
Was it that the government did not care about the starvation? Or was it just that they did not know of the situation or how to rectify it?
August 2, 2012 at 5:51 am #24506GuestSabro, that is a very good idea. I think a comparison of propaganda can be done across time periods as well as across cultures.
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