Communism+in+Crisis+(Paper+1)

**Paper 1 will focus on the theme of "Communism in Crisis" 1976-1989 -** This is to do with the reasons why communism collapsed in China, Eastern Europe and USSR.

CHINA: USSR: Eastern Europe: Czechoslovakia - Velvet Revolution; fall of the Berlin Wall
 * the struggle for power following the death of Mao Zedong, Huo Guofeng, the -re-emergence of Deng Xiaoping and the defeat of the Gang of Four
 * China under Deng Xiaoping: economic policies and the Four Modernisations
 * China under Deng Xiaoping: political changes and their limitations culminating in Tiananmen Square 1989
 * Domestic and foreign policies/problems of the Brezhnev era: economic and political stagnation; Afghanistan
 * Gorbachev and his aims/policies (glasnost and perestroika)
 * Consequences for the Soviet state
 * Consequences of Gorbachev's policies for EE - reform movements: Poland - role of solidarity;



__**Unit: CHINA - Section 1: The struggle for power following the death of Mao Zedong**__
The contenders were: Hua Guofeng Deng Xiaoping Gang of Four

Who were the Leftists? Who were the Rightists? What did each believe in? How is Source A different to Source B on page 214?



__**CHINA - Section 2/3: Emergence of Deng Xiaoping and economic reforms/political changes**__
Read instructions and complete ||
 * Open this word document [[file:Updated_Section II – China under Deng – Economic policies and the Four Modernisations.docx]]

__ **Assignment:** __

__ **Extra Resources:** __ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074879-1,00.html (great article on Deng Xiaoping) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074879-1,00.html (great article on Deng Xiaoping) www.heinemann.co.uk/hotlinks then add express code 4495P

**__Unit: The Fall of Communism: The USSR and Eastern Europe 1976-1989__**
This document provides an outline of this unit and its respective readings.

Afghanistan[[file:Worksheet on Brezhnev’s era.docx]][[file:Terminology sheet.docx]]
__** Additional website on Afghanistan **__ [|**http://www.ibguides.com/history/notes/domestic-and-foreign-problems-of-the-brezhnev-era-economic-and-political-stagnation-afghanistan**] http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/long-goodbye-the-soviet-withdrawal-afghanistan http://www.pearsonhotlinks.co.uk/9780435994495.aspx (code 4495P) Relevant weblink is 15

=**Gorbachev - Aims, policies and consequences for Soviet state**=