Lesson: The Great Leap Forward (China: 1958-1962)
*The text used for the lesson contains extremely graphic details that may not be appropriate for certain ages. Use your best judgment on whether to use this text with your students.The history of the Great Leap Forward has been wrongfully minimized by scholars and historians who have failed to uncover the truth behind what is arguably the deadliest famine inflicted upon millions of people at the hand of communism. Reliable information about the Great Leap Forward is severely limited, but