Rock, Paper, Scissors Competing for Bonus Tokens

Rules of the Game Two opponents at a time. You may choose your opponent. Count off “one, two, three” before choosing hand formation. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock. Winner takes a token from loser. You can compete until you have No tokens. Return to your seat when tokens are gone.

Game Debriefing How did you feel at the start of the game? How did you feel when you had to quit? What tactics could you have used to stay in the game? Why didn’t you use them? Do you think the game was fair? What could I have done to make the game fair? Should I have taken action?

Redistribution Equal tokens to all.

Meet Karl Marx Born in Germany in 1818, Karl Marx, a philosopher in economics, concerned himself with economic dilemmas, such as how societies might produce and distribute resources fairly. Marx witnessed the unbridled capitalism of the Industrial Revolution, in which private industries competed for profit with little or no government regulation. Such capitalist systems, Marx argued, resulted in a class struggle between the rich and the laboring, or working, classes. The inevitable result of this class struggle would be a workers’ revolt – a revolution.

Communist Manifesto In his work, Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Marx encouraged the workers of the world to rise up as a class and defeat all wealthy capitalists. He believed that once in power, workers would create a new economic system, socialism, in which resources would be distributed equally by the government to create a classless society.

Communism Marx proposed that after living under the benefits of socialism, people would learn to strive for equality rather than for greed or profit. Eventually, the need for government would fade away because people would live by sharing their resources. Marx envisioned this final goal of a workers’ revolution as communism, a system in which there was a classless society without any government.

Communist Theory & Rock, Paper, Scissors  Capitalism  Private ownership  Competition  Unequal classes  Class Struggle  Workers Revolt  Socialism –Government industry –Goal of econ equality –Aim for classless society  Communism –Classless society achieved –No government needed  Capitalism –…………………………..  Class Struggle  Workers Revolt  Socialism –……………………………  Communism –All share tokens –No Teacher needed!

Changes in Russia Rise to Revolution What are the conditions? What are the results?

A Tsar’s Family

Nicholas II Alexandra Alexi – hemophiliac  Results  Politically unstable Russia  Liberals want democracy  Minorities want independence  Peasants want land  Workers want better working conditions

Russo-Japanese War

 Continues to weaken Nicholas’ power and influence (political stability)  Military loss against Japan embarrasses Tsar

1905 Revolution

Begins with Bloody Sunday –Tsar’s police kill hundreds of peaceful protesters marching in St. Petersburg  Revolts and strikes spread through Russia  Radicals organize (Soviets)  Tsar forms Duma, but resists giving power  Stolypin attempts land reform but is assassinated

Russia in WWI

Honors alliance and joins war Nicholas takes personal command of army  Discontent of peasants and workers  Russia suffers devastating losses in war effort

Rasputin the Puppet-Master

Rasputin Control of Alexandra through Alexi Given authority in the court  Scandals in the court  Corruption and chaos  Weakens Nicholas’s power/respect

Russian Destruction

War losses of land to Germany and other Eastern regions Billions of dollars lost to war costs and damages 1. 6 million soldiers killed, 3. 8 m wounded  Tsar hated for losses and embarrassment  Discontent rises from soldiers

The February Revolution

Women march for bread and peace Representatives of workers, peasants, and soldiers lead revolution from Petrograd Soviet The Duma forms a provisional government  Tsar Nicholas abdicates  Alexander Kerensky leads the provisional government  Kerensky disliked by soldiers for keeping Russia in war

Peace, Land, Bread

“All power to the soviets of workers, peasants, and soldiers! Peace, Land, and Bread!” Lenin’s plan with promises of peace to soldiers, land to peasants, and bread to workers  Lenin strengthens leadership of Bolshevik Party

Lenin & The October Revolution

Lenin denounces provisional government Red Guard gains weapons and power Russia pulled out of WWI  Russian Revolution (October Revolution) led by Lenin and Trotsky of Bolshevik Party  Lenin proclaims socialist state  War ends for Russia

Bolshevik State

Early chaos due to losses from war (loss of ½ population) Wages dropped Western nations blockaded Russia  Continued economic problems

End of Royalty

Tsar Nicholas and family are sent to camp in isolation Family is placed under guard with forced labor  Family is executed (without documentation by any party)

Russian Civil War

Lenin fights to maintain power  Civil War fought between Reds (Bolsheviks) and Whites (Mensheviks) won by Lenin

Lenin’s Soviet Union: NEP

NEP Lenin began plan for economic recovery  Lenin established NEP (New Economic Plan) to move Russia forward  NEP started to jump start economy with small scale capitalism  Work began to bring about classless society

Lenin’s Socialism: Workers

Lenin’s Socialism USSR began attempt toward classless society  Propaganda to encourage socialist cooperation

A Communist State

What happens in USSR after the original transformation to socialism? Who comes into power after Lenin’s death? How is the new leader’s rule different than Lenin’s? How will the other nations of the world feel about the new communist state? How will life change for people in the new nation?

Thesis Writing Using the documents provided, discuss the political and economic changes that took place in Russia from 1900 to 1920.