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TO LIVE
SUBJECTS — World/China;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING — Surviving; Grieving; Gambling;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS — Fairness.
Age: 14+; Not Rated; Drama; 1994; 125 minutes; Color.
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Banned in Communist China, To Live details the life of a Chinese family from the 1940s through the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. To Live is based on the novel Lifetimes, by Yu Hua.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide helps teachers and parents use this film to supplement a course on modern Chinese history. The film is a primer on the changes in China from the 1940s to the 1960s seen from the standpoint of ordinary Chinese citizens. It also exposes the evils and risks of gambling addiction.
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To Live reveals important themes in recent Chinese history.
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Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976) became the leader of the Chinese Communist Party in 1942
and ruler of China from 1949 until his death. Mao was the subject of enormous
veneration by the Chinese people, becoming a godlike figure. Chinese citizens were
required to read and reread "Quotations of Chairman Mao" (called Mao's Little Red
Book). His writings were treated as infallible. His philosophy (called "Mao Zedong
Thought") was raised to the level of a religion.
Mao maintained his power in the same manner as any communist dictator, through
repressing opposition to the Communist party and purging his opponents within the party.
The political movements in China from 1950 - 1976, including "The Suppression of the
Counter Revolutionaries," "The Great Leap Forward"
and the "Cultural Revolution," were
all inspired and manipulated by Mao.
The Learning Guide to To Live also contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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