PowerPoint with five slides and one Word Document that examines the economic and industrial reforms introduced by Deng after 1978. The lesson also considers cultural concerns over Westernisaton.

** Activities include**

• Starter source analysis exercise to consider Deng’s overarching attitude to reforming the Chinese economy.
• Reading exercise with gapfill covering the detail of Deng’s economic reforms including educational reforms, the Open Door Policy, SEZs, TVEs and SOEs.
• A short recap exercise in which newly introduced key terminology is matched to the correct definition.
• Photo analysis activity to consider the social consequences of the Open Door policy as a way to introduce the idea of Westernisation.
• Source analysis exercise to consider the potential threat of Westernisation.
• Plenary line graph drawing exercise to consider industrial/economic change between 1949 and 1989.

Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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