thoughts about session 14 on 8/2 w/Dr. Dube

[Anonymous]

Here is the scene from "To live" where the girl gets married. You are able to see Mao's influence in the whole ceremony.

I hope this helps you with your lesson

[Anonymous]

5,000 miles … if I could go 5,000 miles…. I guess that song kind of goes with my thoughts at the end of this class. I would like to go to China, Japan, and Korea… They all seem so culturally rich and diverse. I would love to see the China both urban and rural. The aftermath of the Cultural Revolution seems fraught with danger. Annoy the wrong person and you were a capitalist bureaucrat or a counter revolutionary. At 25 million dead – possibly 45 million.. It’s hard to comprehend that Mao’s effect is estimated to be only 30% bad. I guess the big issue is that conditions were way worse for most of the country before the revolution, that 25 -45 million deaths don’t add up to more than 30% bad. It’s hard for me to comprehend. I guess that is part of the purpose of this Institute – to open us up to more ideas, information, and cultures.
As before, it was interesting to hear everybody’s project ideas--- lots have morphed into something different from what was previously expressed. There are many strategies that I would like to use... our own little commune of lessons.

I still want to find a way to incorporate the letter from the emperor to King George III into my curriculum.... the voice and tone are fabulous!!
edited by mgeorge on 8/2/2012

[Anonymous]

I am fervently searching the internet for opportunities to travel in East Asia! Lunch was good (thanks Xin) and all of the lessons sound amazing. Just listening to your plans has sparked even more ideas that I can incorporate into my lesson.
edited by kleroy on 8/2/2012

[Anonymous]

Thank you to all the teachers here. I loved hearing your ideas and plan to use many of them in my classroom such as writing from the camel's point of view and having the students stand in different parts of the room to symbolize population distribution. I am looking forward to seeing some of the finished products.

[Anonymous]

Daisy thanks for the clip. This session had a lot of helpful information as my lesson plan will focused on the great leap forward and the cultural revolution. I think learning different angles in history helps students not to generalize all as having the same way of views. Great seminar.

[Anonymous]

I was thinking about the commune farm, and that is was replaced. What about in North Kore? Did they change their methods due to famine? I just saw food aid is going there because of floods. Yikes.

[clay dube]

He was targeted because Mao resented having his power curtailed and because Mao argued Liu was following a Soviet model of emphasizing the development of a bureaucratic state. You can find and read documents listing Liu's supposed faults and crimes against the proletariat. Liu's 1969 death was not acknowledged at the time. He was formally rehabilitated in about 1980 and a memorial service was held.

[clay dube]

This is something on which much has been written. Can anyone offer some good articles? (Suicide is more common in the US than in East Asia, especially among young people. In China, rural women commit suicide at a higher rate than other groups of people.)

[Anonymous]

A few years ago,I was in Hong Kong for a volunteer research program with UCSD. A parent of a student of mine insisted I look up her relatives there, i was stunned and amazed she. The boat I thought we were taking around the area, , took us a massive yacht.
Such wealth and poverty. I was wondering what happened to the brave generals who refused to attack students in Tiananmen square.

[Anonymous]

I just came across this, I know the other 5th grade teach was looking at water in Asia and California in the afternoon lesson planning. This site may help, there is a video and lesson ideas. http://asiasociety.org/education/resources-schools/secondary-lesson-plans/water-life

[Anonymous]

Loved the story about about the American 'Stoner' Glen Cowen. His tardiness created a major historical shift in world geo-politics. This hippie type of guy was seen as an evil imperialist, but chances are good he he would have been anti-Vietnam war.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the website on the New Marriage Law. Once again, my students can analyze this document. I am sure I can apply it to some literature in my class. They can evaluate the power of free choice to marry any one you wished to. They would have several opinions over this. Since this is the norm in the US.

I found it very interesting that Mao recruited the younger generation to follow his beliefs. Why because they were the most gullible or because younger generations are always looking for a revolution? I can correlate this to my students. I can give my students false information, and they will not question me. In addition, I have to repeatedly tell them that not everything on the internet is correct information.

[Anonymous]

I liked learning about Deng Xiaoping's trip to America. I found this article describing it online relating to Sino-US relations: http://en.showchina.org/Features/sinous/07/200901/t253177.htm. Also, there is a radio broadcast related to the topic, as well; http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/09/14/deng-xiaoping. I liked seeing how he picked up a hat in a couple of places, enjoying his trip to America. It would be interesting to see what changes were brought on afterward, his opinions, and what he seemed to enjoy. http://www.amazon.com/Deng-Xiaoping-Transformation-China-Vogel/dp/0674055446 is a link to the book by the guest on the broadcast.

Also, I don't remember ever learning or hearing about Bush in China, as the only bit of East Asian relations I heard about him was involving being sick at dinner on a diplomat. Here is a link from the US Embassy in China: http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/highlevel.html.

[clay dube]

Deng Xiaoping visited the US as China's top leader in 1979. Jimmy Carter hosted him. Please take a look at one of our Assignment:China episodes which focuses on it and has him waving a cowboy hat:http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=2674. It is also available and can be downloaded from our YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIF7U8iy4xI .

Please let me know what you think about it.

We also featured a talk by retired Harvard prof Ezra Vogel on Deng's impact:
http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=2632.
edited by Clay Dube on 8/8/2012

[Anonymous]

This class got me thinking about the suicide rate in Japan and the pressures on students to do well. This can be another easy writing/research for students that will be interesting for them.

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