Working in groups of three, please discuss and comment upon each of the posters. (We'll give you a number to start with, then please go sequentially. Write the names of all three group members in your post addressing these questions. Reply to the post with the image.

Questions:

1. What is depicted? What can you see happening?
2. What message is being offered? How is this conveyed visually?
3. Discuss the use of colors, size, expressions, oppositions.
4. Without referring to other sources of information, what time period or movement do you think the poster is from?

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 Since I read Chinese, so it is quite easy for me to understand the message of the poster is " Exercise for Revolution".

In the poster, we can see that several teenagers running with firm facial commitment instead of big smiles in other posters. I guess it is trying to convey their commitment to" Revolution". So the characters are excercising for a better body for the country's political goals instead of benefit themselves.

Other than the big "Trinity"-the soldier, the peasant, and the worker which was popularily seen in other posters, in this poster, there are three bigger images of teenagers, two of them have the " Red Guard" arm band on indicating they are high school students. The girl in the middle looks a little younger, she is wearing the "Red Young Pioneer" scarf indicating that she is a primary school or middle school student. Followed by them are three more younger kids who also has red scarfs. 

The background of the poster is TianAnMen Square, and there are many red flags and many more people in red. This just give me a hint of the "Culture Revolution" period in China. So I would like to guess that this poster should be in late 60s or early 70s.