5. China after Mao 1976-1989 - islandschoolhistory

1. How did Deng modernise China?

Lesson Objectives
To explain the significance of the changes introduced by Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s and 1980s

Lesson Tasks

Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
Read pages 42-43 of your textbooks and complete Activities A-C.
Use the internet to research the 'four modernisations'. Make a table listing details about each of the four modernisations.

2. How and why did the Democracy Movement develop?

Lesson Objectives
To identify the key features of the Democracy movement

Lesson Tasks

Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
Research and write a short 100-word biography for Wei Jingsheng and Fang Lizhi.
Answer the exam question: 'Explain the key features of the Democracy Movement of 1979-1989' (7 marks).

3. Why was there a massacre in Tiananmen Square?

Lesson Objectives
To identify the key features and to analyse the reasons for the 1989 massacre

Lesson Tasks

Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
Use this article, the PowerPoint, and the internet to research and create a timeline of key events in the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Now create two newspaper front pages, one taking a pro-CCP view of events, and one taking a Western view.