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 * IA Ideas:
 * Cultural Revolution
 * conduct during the Cultural Revolution: specifically..how..
 * how Mao's red guards used humiliation, and to what effect?
 * how effective was the use of humiliation
 * similarities to Stalin?? none Stalin had public trial and private execution
 * Mao had trials that were not even in proper court houses and they were always public..as if to say this is honest above board..mao used show trials as a warning to others
 * Stalin whom Mao originally followed did everything in private, with Mao everything was done in public.
 * Why did he do it in public, what was the point?
 * was it a warning or was it in Mao's eyes revenge? something to make Mao feel better?
 * To what extent was the humiliation done by the red guards a warning opposed to revenge?
 * Was he trying to get revenge on Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shao Qi? picking random people in order to not evoke suspicious feelings within the public, picking people that have maybe retired on him, that he believes supported his retirement and do not support his re-entry into head of state.
 * Dunce Hats
 * Face Painting
 * Garish Makeup
 * Placard hung around the next stating the accused's "confession"
 * Parading around in public and letting the public do whatever they wanted
 * taunt
 * throw things at
 * jeer
 * physically abuse/hurt
 * execution in public
 * destruction of the executed persons property/ shaming of the family
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IA Thesis: ** Joel's Comment: Abie, you have some great ideas here, however you might have too much for an IA. Focus on a more concentrated scope, maybe something specific such as humiliation or violence. Once you have a specific topic, then I suggest you look at examples of how Mao/Communism prompted the such topic. However, I do like how you focus on the public aspect of the Cultural Revolution. Remember, Mao wanted to install fear into the hearts of the Chinese...look back at the methods of dictatorship!!!

Tim's comment: You have a LOT of great ideas. But all your different ideas are enough to create one IA by themselves. So I suggest you choose just one idea/topic/question. I understand that there is a buttload of information out there about everything and you might find something REALLY interesting, but if it's not related to your topic, I advise you just forget it. And since you seem to have a lot of focus on the public trials, I suggest you do your IA on just that. Don't necessarily NEED to tie in Stalin and similarities. Focus on either the similarities, or just what happened in China with Mao.