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A sustainable population is one whose growth and development is at a rate that does not threaten the success of future generations

Why not Stage 5?

What did this man think in his head as

he walked past?5 questions:

What?________

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Where?_______

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When?________

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Who?_________

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Why?_________

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What shapes are each?

Label key features of these graphs?

Note what is similar and what is different

Use the bottom of page 181 and top of page 182

1)When the policy began in 1979, state some of the rules that applied to couples

2)Is sterilising the couple after having a baby the most extreme rule? Explain your answer.

3)If you disobeyed the rules and had a second child what would happen?

4) Page 182 at the top – How did the ‘Granny Police’ operate?

Date Birth Rate (per 1000)

Death Rate (per 1000)

Population growth (% per year)

Population millions

1950 44 25 1.9 555

1960 38 17 2.1 657

1970 31 9 2.2 831

1980 19 7 1.2 996

1990 20 8 1.2 1155

2000 17 7 1.0 1300

1) What 2 pieces of information here tell us that China has had a birth control programme?

2) Why do birth rates remain high in some countries even though there is a birth control programme?

Benefits

Problems

Problems and benefits of the one-child policy

Local officials had power over people’s private lives

Women forced to have abortions after nine months

Women under pressure from families, workmates and ‘Granny Police’

Famine which was predicted has not happened

Population growth has lowered so people have enough food and jobs

400 million fewer people have been born

Standards of living have improved with increased technology and new industriesOnly children

are often spoiled

Sons preferred to daughters - girls placed in orphanage or left to die

Changes to the policy in the 1990s and 2000s

(Use the top of page 183)

1) If you are a young couple and you are both only children what can you do?

2) With less childcare needed, how have women benefited?

3) People are becoming wealthier in China, so what are they doing?

4) What problems has the gender imbalance had for China?

5) You decide – write 2 paragraphs. Was the Chinese government right to adopt the policy? Justify your opinion