Essay prompts

[Donna Jamshidnejad]

The tradition of familism in China and the rise of the individual is connected to an AP history theme of continuity and change over time. Using primary sources from Confucian scholars over time, combined with documents from the Cultural Revolution and today, students can analyze the continuities and changes over time in Chinese social/familial hierarchies. Leaving the AP guidelines aside, I think a more controversial question regarding women’s power can be posed. Did communism destroy the patriarchy in China? Or... How did women’s roles shift after the Cultural Revolution?