Chinas Revolutionary Consequences: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Alvin Tsang and Andrew White Junior Division Group Website

We chose our topic mainly by our interests in Chinese history. Chairman Mao has always been deemed a hero in Chinese history, giving us a curiosity to study Chinese history, and the drastic changes it endured in the 20th century. We also had a very large interest in studying political ideology, having the chance to study Communism and history seemed enlightening. Through our studies in political ideologies, we found many diverse theories and views, which led up to our interest of The Chinese Cultural Revolution. This left many open ended questions which needed to be closed up, which subsequently helped us to our own benefit, for it tied in with the History Fair topic, Turning Points in History. After contemplating ideas, we realized we had many gaps where information was needed. Through this discovery, we proceeded to find specific information that was related to our topic and research. Our first step was looking at the internet, for it contains multiple vital secondary and primary sources that we could access at ease. It also contains a variety of opinions and facts to look into, rather than one-sided views. Next, we went to the library to conduct our research, and also found information that would further improve our understanding of the topic. Third, by getting our teachers actively involved, we were able to receive critical and a constructive criticisms that enhanced our knowledge and ideas.

We thought of our talents upon which category we should apply for this year. We realized that categories like an exhibit and performance wouldnt fit us because of our lack of visual talent. We had decided to do a website mainly because of our talents. We had a fairly good understanding on how to use a weebly as well as using the online resources to make the weebly look appealing. We had also really liked the word count being 1200, opposed to the word limit of 500 on the exhibit, as we felt that we could not express such an interesting event in such a diminutive expectation. We created our weebly by following the fundamental steps provided by NHD, by going to the NHD website creator. We subsequently used elements, and integrated pictures as well as quotes to display our understanding of the topic. The Cultural Revolution had many violent political movements that had changed Chinas future, making an obvious relation to the theme. The destruction of religion had forever changed Chinas way of religion; making most people in China non-religious. The Cultural Revolution had also caused many to become re-educated by the peasants, dumbing down the generation of educated individuals to the point where they could not rebel to what the government can do, this reshaped what schools taught as well as making generations of students loyal Maoists. As well as ironically

causing the introduction of Capitalism throughout China, destroying traces of Communism. By creating these new cultures and traditions, it was well marked as a turning point in history.

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