LibGuides: HS MYP Lang &amp; Lit: Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress

Books in the High School Library

Snow Falling in Spring by Moying Li
Call Number: 951.05 LI
ISBN: 9780374399221
Publication Date: 2008-03-18
The author reveals the events of her life from age twelve to adulthood when the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong destroyed family customs and life as they knew it.
China Dream by Ma Jian; Flora Drew (Translator)
Call Number: F JIA
ISBN: 9781640093867
Publication Date: 2020-06-09
Ma Daode is feeling pleased with himself. He has just been appointed Director of the China Dream Bureau, tasked with overwriting people's private dreams with President Xi's great China Dream of national rejuvenation. Suddenly plagued by flashbacks of the Cultural Revolution, Ma Daode's nightmares from the past threaten to undo his dream of a glorious future
Zhou Enlai by Gao Wenqian
Call Number: 920 ENL
ISBN: 9781586486457
Publication Date: 2008-07-22
Chronicles the life of Chinese premier Zhou Enlai, the last Communist Party leader in China, focusing on his influence over the Chinese people and politics during his twenty-seven years in power.
Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
Call Number: 920 JIA
ISBN: 9780064462082
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
The author tells about the happy life she led in China up until she was twelve-years-old when her family became a target of the Cultural Revolution, and discusses the choice she had to make between denouncing her father and breaking with her family, or refusing to speak against him and losing her future in the Communist Party.
The Cultural Revolution by Frank Dikotter
Call Number: 951.04 DIK
ISBN: 9781632864239
Publication Date: 2017-06-06

Author: Dai Sijie

Dai Sijie is a Chinese-born filmmaker and novelist who has lived and worked in France since 1984. His first novel, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, was an overnight sensation; it spent 23 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. He has also written Mr. Muo’s Traveling Couch and Once on a Moonless Night. Source: Penguin Random House

NPR Podcast

Cultural Revolution

History.com: Cultural Revolution
New York Times: China’s Cultural Revolution, Explained
NPR: Newly Released Documents Detail Traumas Of China's Cultural Revolution
Univ. of Pittsburgh: THE CR/10 PROJECT, CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN MEMORIES
Wilson Center Digital Archive: CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-1976
Li Zhensheng: A Chinese photographer's odyssey through the Cultural Revolution
Red Colour News Soldier: Photos from the Cultural Revolution. These photos were kept hidden for over 20 years.

Mao Zedong

Re-education

Financial Times: China’s ‘sent-down’ youth
In the 1960s and 1970s, millions of young Chinese were sent to the countryside to ‘undergo re-education by poor peasants’
Dartmouth: Down to the Countryside Movement

Cultural Revolution: Propaganda

Communist China

Britannica Encyclopaedia

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An online database encyclopedia of hundreds of thousands of high-quality readings, videos and images.

Ebsco Explora Secondary

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General reference database for High School Students.

Britannica Image Quest

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Millions of royalty free images from 60 of the world's most respected image libraries. Provides high-quality, trustworthy images, with source information and citations

Issues in Controversy

Opposing Viewpoints (GALE) This link opens in a new window
Resource that brings together academic articles, audio, videos, opinion essays and primary sources about social issues