2. Our Goals
๏ I can explain the causes of Chinaโs rise to a
world power.
3. Essential Questions
๏ Historical Thinking
๏ What are the causes and effects of Chinaโs rise as a
world power?
๏ SPICE Thematic Connections
๏ How do the SPICE Elements impact modern China?
๏ Critical Thinking
๏ To what extent is China a free society?
4. Modern China Reform
Planning
๏The Situation: Mao is old and has lost power.
You job is to work as a committee to decide the
direction of Communist China moving forward.
๏Your Task: As a group, decide what policies you
will take to turn China into a world economic
power. Make connections to SPICE Elements.
๏Work in reality, not fiction.
5. Maoโs Attempts to Change
China
Policy Time Period Program Results
First Five Year Plan 1953-1957 โข Reliance on Soviet Union.
โข Industry grew 15% per year.
โข Agriculture output grew slowly.
One Hundred
Flowers Campaign
1958 โข Maoโs critics were silenced.
Great Leap Forward 1958-1961 โข China suffered economic disaster
โข Industrial Decline
โข Agricultural disaster and famine
โข Mao lost influence
Cultural Revolution 1966-1976 โข Mao used the Red Guard and radical youths to
reestablish his power.
โข Purges & conflicts between leaders led to
political, social, and economic ruin.
โข Mao lost support
6. Maoโs Decline
๏ Following the Cultural Revolution, many Chinese citizens
moved away from extreme communist beliefs.
๏ 1971: China opened its doors to the United States.
๏ 1976: Mao dies.
7. Maoโs Replacement: Deng
Xiaoping
๏ A moderate communist (who had been targeted by Mao
during the Cultural Rev.) rose to power in China.
๏ Supported moderate economic policies
๏ Allowed for some free market principles
8. Dengโs Modernization of
China
๏ Deng called for Four Modernizations
๏ Agriculture
๏ Eliminated Communes. Reinstated private property.
Allowed farmers to sell excess crops on a market.
(Increased production by 50% between 1978-1984).
๏ Industry
๏ Allowed state run businesses to set their own quotas.
Allowed private businesses
๏ Defense
๏ Science & Technology
๏ Embraced modern tech. Allowed foreign technology and
influence.
11. 1980โs: Call for Democracy
๏ With new rights and economic freedoms, many Chinese
citizens began to call for a Democratic system of
government.
12. Tiananmen Square: 1989
๏ Over 100,000 Students protested and filled the massive public square
in Bejing.
๏ International Media covered the event.
๏ Dengโs Government responded by using force, ending in the deaths
of thousands.
15. Modern China Articles
๏ Read Four Articles
๏ Record examples of SPICE Themes in
China today.
๏ Write three level 2 or 3 questions about
Modern China which will guide our
discussions later in this unit.