China's Cultural Revolution/The Red Scarf Girl

In "China's Cultural Revolution," paragraph 4 states that the farm collectives were not managed well. Which sentence from the passage best supports this statement?

• "Mao put into effect a series of Five-Year Plans mean to transform the nation."

• "For two thousand years, the rural Chinese had lived under the feudal system through which peasants had worked to produce crops for the wealthy landowners."

• "Farmland was seized from landowners by the state and established as agricultural collectives."

• "Farmers didn't make much money from the state because they had to charge low prices for their produce."

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In China's Cultural Revolution," the author makes many claims. Which of the following claims is not supported by evidence?

• "Mao blamed business people and landlords for China's problems."

• "Keeping the upper classes down was also practical for Chairman Mao and his followers because it was a way to retain power for the Communists."

• "This was the 'improved' China, where they swept away reminders of the past century.'

• "For centuries, Chinese peasants had suffered terribly, but now they had a voice and some power."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

Which fact from "China's Cultural Revolution" provides evidence that the Chinese feudal system might have ended eventually without the Cultural Revolution?

• Before the Cultural Revolution, the peasants had to pay rent, taxes, and fines.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, some farmers began to work for their own gain.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, millions of agricultural workers lived in poverty.

• Before the Cultural Revolution, most rural peasants worked for a rural landowner.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Based on both passages, why does the family need to destroy the family photos?

• Families could not have photos as part of the Five-Year Plans.

• Families are not allowed to show photos of themselves to others.

• Photos of people wearing woolen clothing are considered old fashioned.

• Photos that represent the old way of life are forbidden.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CHALLENGE! What example of figurative language is used in these sentences from paragraph 16 of The Red Scarf Girl: "The flames licked around the edges of the picture. The corners curled up, then turned brown. The brown spread quickly toward the center, swallowing Grandma, the camel, and finally Dad's woolen hat."

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5