PPT-Cult of Mao

1 Elena Songster amp Jessica Stowell OU The Mao Cult Revering Mao in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution Mao Cult of Personality Charismatic leadership Mao becomes the preeminent leader. Higgins O’Brien. Spring 2012. The authors define a cult as a “loosely structured and unconventional form of religious group, whose members are held together by a charismatic leader who mobilizes their loyalty around some new religious cause”. motivations for this project. eternal problem of documentation for Chinese temple cults. partly quantitative problem. normative info. lack of concrete (local, personalized) info in most sources. Lord Guan relative exception. Terror. Andrea, Emma, Deborah. Introduction. Terror was used as during Mao's consolidation of power.  There were primarily five different ways of terror:. 1. Labour Camps (Lao Gai). 2. Public Denunciations & Purges. L/O – To assess the role of censorship and propaganda in maintaining Stalinism. Origins of the Cult. This started as early as . December 1929. . The party and the media began consciously to build up Stalin as a . Starter. http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Ancient-Greek-approaches-to-health-and-medicine-6176019/. L.O.. to learn about the cult of Asclepius and the part it played in the history of Greek medicine.. L/O – To identify the key features of Maoism and to explain how it influenced Mao’s rule in China. Lesson 1a – . Mao Ideology. Essential Question. What was . Mao Zedong Thought?. Learning . Outcomes - Students will:. L/O – To identify how Mao took control of the CCP. Tasks. Make a timeline of Mao’s rise to power from 1919-1937. Include a brief description of each event (50 words max).. What were the most important events in Mao’s rise to power? Why? (try to identify at least 3 events). Survey of Popular Culture.  . Cult Media. The Rocky Horror Picture Show . (Jim Sharman, 1975). Cult Media. Survey of Popular Culture.  . Cult Media. Eraserhead. . (David Lynch, 1977). Cult Media. Survey of Popular Culture. L/O – To identify the factional rivalries in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution and evaluate the reasons for the fall of the Gang of Four. ‘A Great and Decisive Victory’. The . 9. th. Party Congress . L/O – To examine the . agricultural, industrial and . social reforms of the Communists between 1949-1957. What problems did Mao have in 1949?. Try to think about the legacy of the Second World War and Civil War on China. L/O – To identify how Mao took control of the CCP. Tasks. Make a timeline of Mao’s rise to power from 1919-1937. Include a brief description of each event (50 words max).. What were the most important events in Mao’s rise to power? Why? (try to identify at least 3 events). “We must have faith in the masses and we must have faith in the Party. These are two cardinal principles. If we doubt these principles, we shall accomplish nothing.”. Mao Zedong. “Protect the interests of the youth, women and children - provide assistance to young students who cannot afford to continue their studies, help the youth and women to organize in order to participate on an equal footing in all work useful to the war effort and to social progress, ensure freedom of marriage and equality as between men and women, and give young people and children a useful education....”. Communist China. The . Good Years: 1949-1958. China Packet III, Assignment 1. Assignment 1. New Expectations. Once the Nationalists were defeated, . Chairman Mao Zedong . and China’s Communists brought changes to every village. When dedicated Communist Party members arrived in a village to enact changes, he or she (usually) had the support of grateful peasants. . A film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, an elaborate subculture that engage in repeated viewings, quoting dialogue, and audience participation.