Communist China under Mao: The Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)
Vocabulary
Rightist:
Proletarian:
Bourgeoisie:
Watch these video clips. Notice the times skipped.
Video 5
0-9:10 (all of video 5)
Video 6
0-3:40
6:30-9:10
Video 7
0-3:20
All of Video 5 and Video 6 from beginning to 3:40 1. What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward? 2. What was the method to reach these goals? 3. What were the working conditions like for the farmers? 4. Describe the communes. 5. Describe the steel making efforts. 6. How did they try to increase the grain output in farming? 7. How and why did communes and farmers inflate how much they were producing?
Skip to 6:30 - Watch to end of 6, start on 7 8. What impact did production goals have on peasants? 9. How many years of famine were there? 10. As the famine went on, what happened to the peasants? 11. How many are estimated to have died of hunger? 12. What caused the famine? End at 3:20
Vocabulary
Rightist:
Proletarian:
Bourgeoisie:
Watch these video clips. Notice the times skipped.
6:30-9:10
1. What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward?
2. What was the method to reach these goals?
3. What were the working conditions like for the farmers?
4. Describe the communes.
5. Describe the steel making efforts.
6. How did they try to increase the grain output in farming?
7. How and why did communes and farmers inflate how much they were producing?
Skip to 6:30 - Watch to end of 6, start on 7
8. What impact did production goals have on peasants?
9. How many years of famine were there?
10. As the famine went on, what happened to the peasants?
11. How many are estimated to have died of hunger?
12. What caused the famine?
End at 3:20