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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
A Shanghai family gets caught in the Cultural Revolution. The father is detained. The daughter's memoir covers her life from China to the U.S. Facing History and Ourselves has the books available to loan; as well as lesson plans and other classroom materials to support the teaching of this book. ISBN: 9780064462082The Great Leap Forward / Cultural Revolution
![During the famine, young child dying in the gutter, China [1946]](/sites/default/files/pics/cosocialstudies/CulturalRevolutionGreatLeapForward-Event.jpg)
During the famine, young child dying in the gutter, China [1946]
International Response
Rare Photo from the Cultural Revolution China
Propaganda
Painting on the Wall of a Rural House in Shanghai
Remembrance
China 1959 - Great Leap Forward In Iron - First Day
Survival
In the beginning, commune members were able to eat for free at the commune canteens. This changed when food production slowed to a halt.
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