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Red
Scarf Girl
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Novel
Study Webquest
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for Grade 6/7
students
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Designed by Sofie
Maurice & Crystal Pearl-Hodgins
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sofie.maurice@yesnet.yk.ca
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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits
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Chairman
Mao
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- Introduction
- The Cultural Revolution
(1966-1976) was a period of great tumult in China. In 1966, when
Ji-li Jiang's story begins, Chairman Mao Zedong has enlisted help
of the Red Guards, mostly high school and college students, to cut
people's ties to pre-Communist China. Schools and hospitals were
closed and destroyed. The work force was thrown into chaos.
Violence was common. Families were humiliated and scorned by
former friends, neighbors and co-workers.
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- The
Task
- While reading Red Scarf
Girl you will learn more about the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In
order for you to truly understand these events and to share with
others your human rights knowledge, you will need to complete the
activities in this Webquest.
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- Once you have completed
the novel and the other activities, you will write a newspaper
article from Ji-li Jiang's point of view. You will use AppleWorks
6 to create this article and include pictures of this
event.
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- The
Process
- Follow these steps in
order to successfully complete this Webquest.
 Reading Activity - Read the novel Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li
Jiang. |
- Mapping Activity
- Go to the following link
and print out the map
of China or
use the Inspiration
template on
our server.
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- Use the following sites
to complete your blank map of China.
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/
- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/north_east_asia/china/china.htm
- Make sure your map has
the following elements :
- Major cities - Beijing,
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xian
- Major rivers - Yellow
River, Yangtze River, Pearl River
- Major waters - Pacific
Ocean, South China Sea
- Major Sites - Great
Wall, Forbidden City
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- Timeline Activity
- The Cultural Revolution
has played an important part in the history of China. Using the
following sites and Inspiration to create a timeline. You must
create a timeline of a minimum of 5 events that charts events
leading up to the Cultural Revolution and ending with Mao's death
in 1976. View an example
timeline and
instructions.
- Web sites:
- http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/cultural-revolution/history.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0318
- http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/prc3.html
- http://chineseculture.about.com/cs/culturerevolution/
- http://members.fortunecity.com/stalinmao/China/Cultural/Cultural.html
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- Writing activity
- You have learned a lot of
important information regarding the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Now put yourself in Ji-li Jiang's shoes. You have just survived
this event and you need to communicate this story to the rest of
the world.
- • Write a detailed
newspaper article that depicts the events of the Cultural
Revolution.
- • Include a minimum
of 4 photos with a brief explanation of each photo.
- • Your newspaper
must have a name, an issue and a date.
- • The article must
have a title and your name (Ji-li Jiang) must appear on the
article.
- • Be
creative!
- • Don't forget that
a good article contains the answers to the following questions :
who? what? when? where? why?
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- Evaluation
- Rubrics
- Everyone is expected to
work to best of their ability and use time wisely. Projects are to
be completed on time.
- Read novel The Red Scarf
Girl and participated in classroom discussions.
- Mapping
activity Rubric (
points)
- Timeline
activity Rubric (
points)
- Newspaper
Writing activity Rubric ( points)
- Total Mark: out of
/100
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- Conclusion
- Congratulations, you now
have a clearer understanding of a devastating human rights
violation in the 20th Century. Don't forget that the more we know
of such historical events the less likely the chances of this kind
of event happening again.
- As you conclude this
novel study think about the following questions...
 What was the purpose of the Cultural Revolution? Was it
successful?- Do you think a similar revolution could occur in Canada? Why or
why not?
- What lessons can be learned by this event?
- Please reflect on these
questions and write a minimum one page essay stating your
opinions.
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- Credits
& References
- Novel study of Red Scarf
Girl by Ji-li Jiang.
- China Map http://www.abcteach.com/china/chinamap.htm
- Cultural
Revolution Poster http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/
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