1. Opener Before the bell rings: 1. Take out your DBQ packet.
2. Turn to the last page.
3. Review the rubric. If you were grading this assignment, how many points would you assignment to each page of the DBQ packet? Write a point value on each page of the packet.
4. In the blank space beside the rubric, draw and label the buckets that you would use for this essay.

2. Opener 2 Before the bell rings: 1. Take out your DBQ packet.
2. At this point in time, how are you planning to answer the question, “China’s One-Child Policy: Was it a Good Idea?”
3. List 3 reasons for your choice. Keep in mind that this may change as you review the documents.

3. Document A Things to consider:
Population Density- Does China have room?
Are these numbers a result of the one child policy? Are other factors in effect?
What is projected to happen to the population?
What drawbacks might there be to reducing the population?
Document Bucket?

4. Document B Background: -Brookings Institute- Washington Think Tank
-Wang Feng director of Brookings-Tsenghua Center for Public Policy in Beijing. He is a leading expert on population & social change in China.
What is a fertility rate?
Why did fertility rates fall in all of these countries?
Document Bucket?

5. Document C What is important to know about Henan?
What is demographic growth?
What evidence supports the one child policy as being positive for the environment?
Is population size the only factor in environmental concerns?
Document Bucket?

6. Document D
Traditionally, how did China’s Confucian-based society view women?
What is a singleton daughter?
How have urban women benefitted from the one child policy?
Do you believe that women are now viewed as social equals to men in China?
Document Bucket?

7. Document E Background:
Improved health care has increased life expectancy in China. 70% of elderly people are dependent on their children.
What are punishments for not following the policy?
What rewards are offered for those who have one child?
What are the causes of the gender imbalance in China?
What are the social costs of the one child policy in China?
Document Bucket?

8. Document F Little Emperors
2010- Divorce rate in China had doubled since 2000
How does Xiao Xuan feel about the policy?
How does A.J. Song feel about the policy?
Document Bucket?

9. Buckets
Summarize the Background essay. Time and place in one sentence. Story in 2 sentences.
Re-write the question.
Decide how you plan to answer the question. (Yes or No)
Create buckets based on your decision.
Place documents in buckets.
Write thesis statement that includes a road map.