The document discusses the challenges posed by China hosting the Olympics and people's responses to those challenges. It examines how and why different groups, including countries, the Chinese government, human rights advocates, and others responded to hosting the Olympics in China. It also looks at the consequences of these responses in both the short and long term and their significance for various groups.

1. The Olympics in China A Challenge to Society

2. Challenge to Society 90690: Explain people’s responses to challenges facing society Credits 5 External Practice: exam week

3. Achievement: Explain people’s responses to challenges facing society Merit: Examine people’s responses to challenges facing society Excellence: Examine, in depth, people’s responses to challenges facing society

4. a) Examine in depth HOW and WHY individuals and/ or groups responded to challenges facing society b) Examine in depth the significance of two or more different consequences for society of the ways people responded to the challenges (can be positive, negative, short term, long term) Need concepts, viewpoints/worldviews, accurate and detailed examples to support each answer 2006 paper

5. What is the challenge? The challenge is the Olympics being held in China A challenge could be a difficulty/dispute/confrontation or problem It can involve a challenge to people’s ideas/ideals/viewpoints and values What challenges have been created by the holding of the Olympics in China? Consider what we have studied so far

6. A Challenge for who? What groups are challenged by the Olympics being held in China? Consider: Countries/Areas/groups/individuals Make a list of the people so far that have been challenged by the Olympics being held in China Don’t forget the challenge to the Chinese government and people or to different groups in China

7. HOW and WHY We need to understand a)HOW people have responded to the challenge of the Olympics being held in China b) WHY they have responded in these ways ie what are the REASONS behind their response Consider people you have already listed: HOW and WHY have they responded?

8. Consequences What are consequences for society of the way people have responded: Consider Positve Negative Long term Short term What is the SIGNIFICANCE of these consequences? -how important might these be?? For whom?

9. Perspectives and Concepts Focus on different perspectives eg -athletes/Olympic officials the West/western governments Human rights advocates Chinese government members of Chinese minorities/families of prisoners The Press

10. Concepts What concepts are you discussing?? Human Rights Government Beliefs/Culture/Values and lots more!!!!