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Webquest! 2. What is Communism?

Presentation and GUIDED NOTES

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Monday, November 2nd 7B Social Studies

Inquiry: What is communism? How does it compare with socialism, capitalism, and feudalism?

Goal: After learning about communism and capitalism, students will be able to identify the challenges in creating a “pure” communist system and give their view on the positives and negatives of a capitalist system. (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1)

Game  Reflec)on  

1.     How  much  did  you  start  with?    Was  that  fair?    How  much  did  you  have  in  the  end?  

2.     How  did  it  feel  when  you  ran  out  of  candy?    How  did  you  feel  as  an  “employee”?  

3.     Which  game  leC  most  people  sa)sfied?    Which  game  leC  everyone  sa)sfied?  

What is Communism?

What is Communism? •  This is the symbol of

communism – the hammer and the sickle.

The hammer is for the workers. The sickle is for

the Peasants – the farm laborers.

Who are these fine fellows?

What is Communism? They wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1847. It’s a short book – but billions of

people have read it.

This is Karl Marx, the ‘Father of Communism’. People who believe in his ideas are called “Marxists.”

This is his good friend, Frederich Engels.

What is Communism? •  Marx and Engels studied the history

of the world’s economies. •  This means the way that power,

industry, and finance are controlled. •  They saw the way countries

developed in stages. •  This is how Communism ideally comes

to be.

Primitive Communism

Feudalism

Capitalism

Socialism

Communism

Explain these please!

What is Primitive Communism?

Primitive Communism

This is how humans first lived together – in small tribes. Primitive means “not very advanced,” e.g., hunting and gathering. Communism means that everything was shared amongst the tribe – food, jobs, belongings. No one owned land. Eventually a group came to power; this led to Feudalism.

What is Feudalism?

Primitive Communism

Feudalism

Under feudalism, a king or emperor or chief becomes the ruler over all the people. He gives land and privileges to “nobles” who rule the people for him.

The people are kept uneducated and told that god chose the king to rule. The church helps the king this way.

As trade develops, some people get richer. This leads to Capitalism.

What is Capitalism?

Feudalism

Capitalism The business owners or capitalists get richer while the workers do all the hard work. The capitalists get more power to serve their own interests.

Capitalism creates a huge working class of people who soon get angry at the way they are treated. They organize in unions and demand changes. This will lead to a revolution and Socialism.

What  is  Capitalism?  •  Society  ruled  by  individuals  •  Individuals  assess  what  will  

benefit  them  •  Government  doesn’t  

intervene  •  Supply  and  demand  •  Risk  and  reward  •  Free  market    

Milton Friedman on Greed

What is Socialism? Socialism

Capitalism

In a socialist revolution all the rulers – kings, churches, capitalists - are eliminated. The workers take control of the country to produce things for everyone.

Because nothing is made for profit, all people benefit from education and health.

These ideas spread across the world to create Communism.

What is Communism?

Socialism

Communism The remaining capitalists put up a bitter fight, but the will of the people wins.

As everyone now works together, war is a thing of the past – armies are not needed. Sharing means no police are needed. Everything is provided by the people – so money becomes a thing of the past.

All human activity goes towards benefiting each other – allowing all to live their lives to the fullest.

Below are the ten principles of communism that Karl Marx and Frederich Engels proposed in their book, The Communist Manifesto. The Manifesto suggested a course of action for a proletariat (working class) revolution to

overthrow "capitalism" and bring about a classless society.

1.  Aboli)on  of  private  property  2.  Imposi)on  of  a  heavy  income  tax    3.  Aboli)on  of  the  right  of  inheritance  

(money  or  property  passed  down  through  family)  

4.  Confisca)on  of  the  property  of  all  those  who  stand  against  Communism  

5.  State  control  and  centraliza)on  of  money  in  a  na0onal  bank    

6.  State  ownership  of  the  means  of  communica0on  and  transporta0on    

7.  State  ownership  of  factories  and  farms    

8.  Sharing  of  responsible  for  labor.  Establishment  of  industrial  armies  (factory  workers),  especially  for  agriculture  

9.  Combina)on  of  agriculture  with  manufacturing  industries;  gradual  removal  of  the  dis)nc)on  between  town  and  country,  by  a  more  equal  distribu)on  of  the  popula)on  over  the  country  

10.   Free  educa0on  for  all  children  in  public  schools.  Removal  of  children's  factory  labor  in  its  present  form  and  combina)on  of  educa)on  with  industrial  produc)on  

 

Now  this  all  sounds  great,  but…  

What  poten)al  problems  could  present  themselves  with  Communism?  

NOW  THINK!  

•  Has  a  “pure”  communist  system  ever  existed  in  the  modern  world?  

•  In  your  opinion,  what  is  the  challenge  of  crea)ng  a  “pure”  communist  system?  

Problems  With  Communism  •  Requires  everyone  to  be  altruis)c  instead  of  selfish  •  Everyone  is  equal  –  no  space  to  be  different  •  Slow  or  stagnant  technological  advancement  •  Reduced  incen0ves  to  work  hard    

–  Everyone  is  treated  the  same  by  the  government  –  no  raises  or  promo)ons  for  working  hard    

•  No  compe00on  for  products  •  Economic  miscalcula)ons  are  inevitable  –  surplus  of  some  goods,  

shortage  of  other  goods  when  the  government  decides  what  the  people  and  industries  need  

•  Culture  is  discouraged  –  history  may  be  rewrifen  to  show  only  pro-­‐Communist  informa)on  and  religion  may  be  forbidden  

•  One-­‐party  government  –  oCen  leads  to  a  dictatorship  because  of  unchallenged  authority  

NOW  THINK!  

•  The  United  States  of  America  is  a  capitalist  system.    Capitalism  is  oCen  described  as  a  system  based  on  “survival  of  the  fifest.”      – Living  in  the  United  States,  what  do  you  view  as  the  posi)ves  of  a  capitalist  system?      

– What  do  you  view  as  the  nega)ves  of  a  capitalist  system?