Economics
1. Write one page each on what you believe were the most central & transformative economic issues from each of the three episodes of The Commanding Heights. Since so much material was covered, take a broad overview by developing your conclusions thoughtfully. How do these events reflect on the textbook principles that you have studied? [ 3 pages ]

Episodes: I. The Battle of Ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYU_HviAh0

II. The Agony of Reform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9pn3iQU02w

III. The New Rules of the Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYf6gn_x-Zk
2. On the concluding fourth page, write an even broader analysis of what message you take away from watching these videos & skimming the transcript chapter summaries overall. Consider how they might apply to China and Africa in particular. You may go over to a fifth page overall if necessry, but no more – as challenging as that may be… [ 1- 2 pages ]
chapter summaries is below…..you can click each episode to correspond to the videos.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/tr_show01.html

Economics
1. Write one page each on what you believe were the most central & transformative economic issues from each of the three episodes of The Commanding Heights. Since so much material was covered, take a broad overview by developing your conclusions thoughtfully. How do these events reflect on the textbook principles that you have studied? [ 3 pages ]

Episodes: I. The Battle of Ideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYU_HviAh0

II. The Agony of Reform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9pn3iQU02w

III. The New Rules of the Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYf6gn_x-Zk
2. On the concluding fourth page, write an even broader analysis of what message you take away from watching these videos & skimming the transcript chapter summaries overall. Consider how they might apply to China and Africa in particular. You may go over to a fifth page overall if necessry, but no more – as challenging as that may be… [ 1- 2 pages ]
chapter summaries is below…..you can click each episode to correspond to the videos.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/tr_show01.html