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
  1. ​Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Read pages 42-43 of your textbooks and complete Activities A-C.
  3. 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
  1. ​Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Research and write a short 100-word biography for Wei Jingsheng and Fang Lizhi.
  3. 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
  1. ​Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint.
  2. Use this article, the PowerPoint, and the internet to research and create a timeline of key events in the Tiananmen Square massacre.
  3. Now create two newspaper front pages, one taking a pro-CCP view of events, and one taking a Western view.
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