1. Are there too many people for China to cope with?

2. Learning Objectives
To understand the causes of China’s population explosion
To investigate the impact of the one-child policy on the country’s present and future

3. Look carefully at the following pictures taken in China.
What problems occur when people live in high numbers/high densities?

8. Why did China become so crowded?
Watch the videos carefully.
Write a poem for the Chinese man searching for a wife….

9. Plenary
Write down 2 success of the one child policy and 2 concerns the one child policy has created.

10. Homework
Would you like to live in a society that decides how many children you have?
Explain your views.