Agenda 1 Bell work 2 Rock paper scissors activity 3 Discussiondebrief 4 Guided notes Objective Students will be able to understand basic characteristics of communism DirectionsProcedures ID: 635202
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Bell Work
Bell work- Think back to the economic systems we studied at the beginning of the year. What are characteristics of capitalism? What are characteristics of socialism and communism? Record your answers on a scrap sheet of paper.Slide2
Agenda
1. Bell work.
2. Rock, paper, scissors activity.
3. Discussion/debrief.
4. Guided notes.
Objective: Students will be able to understand basic characteristics of communism.Slide3
Directions/Procedures
1. Teacher will distribute tokens for the game.
2. You will have the opportunity to compete for more tokens by playing rock, paper, scissors.
3. Rules of the game: the winner will take one token from the loser of the game.
4. Students can compete as long as they have one token to risk in the game.
5. If you lose all of your tokens, you must return to your seat.
6. When you return to your seat, get out a piece of paper and respond to the questions on the board. Slide4
Debriefing Rock, Paper, Scissors
1. How did you feel at the start of the game?
2. How did you feel when you ran out of candy and had to quit the game? Explain.
3. What tactics could you have used to get back into the game? Why didn’t you try those tactics?
4. Do you think this game was fair? Why or why not? State your reasons.
5. Now that the game is over, what action could the teacher take, if any, to make the game fair? Should the teacher take such an action? Why or why not?Slide5
Karl Marx’s Theory of Communism
Karl Marx- Philosopher of economics concerned with production and distribution of goods. Slide6
Karl Marx’s Theory of Communism
Marx was born in 1818 and saw how capitalism played out freely during the Industrial Revolution.
Marx argued that capitalism created a class struggle between the rich and working class.Slide7
Marx’s Theory of Communism
Marx encouraged the workers to revolt against the wealthy capitalists.
Socialism- Resources are distributed equally by the government. Classless society.
Communism- A system in which there is a classless society without any government. End goal of socialism.Slide8
Capitalism
Students started with their own tokens.
Students played rock, paper, scissors.
Some students won, most lost.Slide9
Class Struggle
Discussed how winners and losers felt.Slide10
Workers Revolt
Planned to get tokens back (for example, by stealing) and argued about game’s fairness.Slide11
Socialism
Teacher (government) collected candy.
Teacher redistributed candy equally.
Students have the same amount of candy.Slide12
Communism
Students would refuse to play the game again and would choose to share candy.
Teacher would no longer need to supervise.