Yin Lan Lan Questions for Trial of Mao

Trial of Chairman Mao: Witness Question Sheet
Directions: You as a witness are to write four questions and answers in the perspective of your character using the book as a reference. You should find passages from the novel in support of Chairman Mao OR evidence against him depending the side of the case you are representing. Remember to USE page numbers and POST these questions on your blog. Lawyers, use this document to create cross-examination questions. Two per character should be sufficient.

Character: Yin Lan Lan Student Name: Vio Jung



1. Question: How did Chairman Mao’s cultural revolution change your life?

Answer: As the cultural revolutionary came, my life changed a lot. First, my school life changed. Before the cultural revolutionary, the teachers only cared about my grades, and because my family is not a rich family, I had a lot more house work than other people and I couldn't study for my tests much. So, I had bad scores and I had to repeat a grade 3 times. But, after the Cultural Revolution started, Chairman Mao made my life whole lot better. Now, the teachers also care about my class status and that made my life really happy. I am a Red Successor now and I can be a Red Guard (pg. 41-44).

2. Question: What do you think about Chairman Mao?

Answer: I think that he is a great man. He changed my whole boring life. Since my family is a red family, I don’t have to be always at the bottom of the class. Even the teachers started treating me differently. Now, I am one of the Red Guards, and I am really happy. Once, I was leading a bunch of elementary kids with Du Hai to post a Da Zi Bao about Jili’s aunt, and nobody mistreated me.




3. Question: do you think that the Cultural Revolution should keep on going?

Answer: Yes, because everyone will be treated equally and fairly. It wouldn’t be fair if somebody gets more money than you do if you and that person worked for a same amount of time. Also, who cares if you are a black whelp? You can always be a educable child and abandon your parents.

4. Question: Are you happy about what Mao’s doing?

Answer: Yes, because he’s doing a lot of great things. We abandoned our 4 olds (old habit, old custom, old culture, old ides) so we can develop, and he’s encouraging us to use Chinese products. Also, he made alliance with the Soviet Union, and I think we need to have a strong country as our allies to support us. Also, he has changed how we should treat people. I used to be alone and lonely because many people left me alone because I wasn’t smart. But now, we also care about the class status, so I can stand out and I don’t have to be alone anymore. So, I encourage Mao to continue doing this.

Flex day Trip

Flex Day Field Trip

October 12, 2008 Flex day
Garment Factory Questions

1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?

Do you think the products being manufactured here help or hurt
Bangladesh?


Answer one of the above questions and add two points of observation or reflection from the day abouts the two places we visited (Sterling Styles factory and Up2Date apparel office). Also you can compose a question that you may have from our flex day adventures. You should post these three items on your blog page.
1) answer a question 2) make two observations or reflections (or write your own questions that you may have) Three things in total!

question #6: In average, I think the workers' ages are around the age 35. The reason is, because no factory wants to have an old man as a worker, or too young man or kid has a worker. So, I think the best age is around 35 because a man should have a god enough strength, and good enough thinking.

I never knew that Bangladesh country side can have a clean factory that makes a good quality clothes.

The question that I still have is that how do they teach all those employees in that huge factory? When they first build that factory, it could have taken years to teach all those employees. I still can't believe that there are factories with that good quality in Bangladesh country side.

Elliot's Expose

Blog response instructions:• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter."I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)

Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)
Answer: I think that Elliot means that try thinking what it will feel like when you don't have any friends and you are getting bullied, and everybody thinks that it's funny and they never stop the bully. That's what's happening to Elliot right now, and I think that he sent that message just so the Jock Rots will feel ashamed when they dropped Elliot from the bridge on page 59.

Two Peer Responses (4 pts)

Reavealers Role Reversal

Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.
1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)

1: Russel didn't wanted Elliot to publish Russel's story because Russel just didn't wanted to publish it although he doesn't think that Richie would pound him. Also Russell thinks that Richie is acting different.

2: Richie isn't pounding Russel anymore, and Richie helped Russel when he was getting bullied by Burke and Blanchette. Also, Richie wants Russell to respect him.

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