6. How did Deng Xiaoping win power?

Unit Outline

STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

Conflicts and power struggles in domestic politics are usually won by those who can provide leadership to the widest possible support base

GLOBAL CONTEXT

Orientation in Time and Space (Competition and cooperation; teams, affiliation and leadership) - Students will explore personal histories; homes and journeys; turning points in humankind; discoveries; explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between, and the interconnectedness of, individuals and civilizations, from personal, local and global perspectives.

KEY HISTORICAL CONCEPT

Causation - Effective historical thinkers recognize that many claims made about the past seek to more thoroughly explain and understand how a certain set of circumstances originated. Deep historical understanding is demonstrated where students recognize that most historical events are caused by an interplay of diverse and multiple causes that require students to make evidence-based judgments about which causes were more important or significant, or which causes were within the scope of individuals to direct and which were not.

RELATED HISTORY CONCEPT(S)

Conflict - Conflict can develop from inequalities in distribution of power and may manifest itself in many forms: protracted disagreements or arguments; prolonged armed struggles; clashes of opposing feelings or needs; serious incompatibilities between two or more opinions, principles, or interests. Historians study conflict between individuals and societies over time and across place and space, and they also examine how conflicts can be sources of continuity and catalysts for change.