Essential Question: Did Mao's Leadership benefit China?
PERIOD I
- Understanding goals: Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution in 1967?
- Agriculture & industry normalcy after the Great Leap Forward: led to a fear of the return to capitalism in China
- Political leadership: led to a fear of embarrassment and the rise of the reformist clique in the Communist party
- Industrialisation & urbanisation: led to a fear of apolitical students and critical intellectuals
- Performances:
- How are the reasons given here similar/different from the answers in the textbook?
- Explain how each of the reasons given here led to the launch of the Cultural Revolution.
PERIOD II