Video Group: Commies and Friends of Mao

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Cindy, Jayme and Kristen! Here is our thread. Our topic is communism in China. We're going to find evidence of what communism means to the people of China.

Here are some of the things we talked about for our video:

Examples of communist propaganda throughout China
Examples of "The Cult of Mao": (Is Chairman Mao Zedong really loved today or is it more of marketing/commercialized joke?)
The huge picture of Mao in Beijing: Why?
"Where's Mao?" game
Interviews with students to see the impact of communism on education
Interviews with regular Chinese people to determine the impact of communism on the average person living in China.
Interviews to determine if democracy is something that the average Chinese person wants
Video footage of markets/shops in China to show how important capitalism is in China today. Are capitalism and communism compatible?

Before we go, we should video some of our students asking questions like: Who is Mao? Is China still a communist nation? How is more popular, Yao Ming or Mao? What does a communist toilet look like?

Louis

[Anonymous]

Thanks for starting this Louis! And so promptly 😉 You put me to shame. I can bring in my video camera this Friday 4th period if that works for all of you! That will give you time to choose a few kids to ask questions of. I think it would work best if you and the student are both in the frame. You can ask the question and then he/she will answer. Jayme...do you want to ask a question of Bowles, Brett & Becky? If the purpose of the DVD is to show it multiple years, it might be fun to have admin/teachers who will be around even longer than the current students!

Keep thinking of fun stuff to do for the video. We can have as much fun with it as we want. Anything that we think is too silly in the end, we just won't use!

[Anonymous]

Hi guys!
Hope you are all having a great week so far! I am so excited about our videos. Louis thanks so much for creating the thread for us...by the way I laughed out loud at the title...too funny! Friday sounds great to start the video I am in P6 come by anytime Cindy!

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