Activity 1 - What was the NCM?

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Activity Tasks

1. Read - Examine and read this Presentation on the New Culture Movement. 
2. ​Identify - Make notes on the causes; key features; and effects of the New Culture Movement.
3. Think/Pair/Share - With a partner, discuss the question, ‘What was the New Culture Movement?’ and then share your ideas with the class.

Activity 2 - Who were the key intellectuals?

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Activity Tasks

1. Groups - Divide into three groups. Each group will examine the life of a different intellectual of the New Culture Movement. Choose between: Chen Duxiu; Cai Yuanpei; and Hu Shih.
2. Research - Using this table, each group should try to answer the seven research questions by noting down any facts and evidence about their lives.
3. Discuss - Which intellectual had the biggest impact on the growth of nationalism or Chinese national identity during this period?

Activity 3 - How did culture change?

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Activity Tasks

1. Source Evaluation - Remaining in your groups, explore some of the key ideas of each intellectual further by conducting an OPCVL evaluation on one of the following sources:
   1. Chen Duxiu - Way of Confucius and Modern Life
   2. Cai Yuanpei - Extracts from the Complete Works of Cai Yuanpei
      
   3. Hu Shih - A Preliminary Discussion of Literary Reform
      
2. Discuss - Briefly introduce your source to the rest of the class and then explain what the values and limitations of your source are for historians studying the New Culture Movement.

Activity 4 - Who was the most significant?

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Activity Tasks

1. Analysis - In your groups, use this significance grid to analyse and evaluate the historical significance of your intellectual. Use the criteria to review the importance of each intellectual and give an overall score out of 20.
   
2. Present - Use the criteria on the grid to create and structure a short 2-3 minute persuasive presentation on the significance of your intellectual. Try to include extracts or quotations from their works - and images!
   
3. Debate - Who was the most significant intellectual of the New Culture Movement?

Further Reading

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obligatory reading

1. Spence, J.D. (1990). The Search for Modern China, pp. 313-319
   
2. Zarrow, P. (2005). China in War and Revolution: 1895-1949, pp. 133-143

recommended reading

1. Biography of Cai Yuanpei by Lizhong Zhang
2. Chinese Language Reform and Vernacular Poetry in the Early Twentieth Century by Dr Lijun Bi

supplementary reading

1. Xun, Lu. (2009). The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Works of Lu Xun.
2. de Bary, T., & Lufrano, R. (1999). Sources of Chinese Tradition: Vol. 2 - From 1600 to the Twentieth Century.

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