Bell Work Take the text on the back table Read and annotate Answer these questions below as a table on the white board: What is the main idea of the passage? When and where do you think this was written?
Objectives I will be able to use the APPARTS method when reading documents I will be able to describe the Marxist theory of history
Karl Marx - 1818-1883 - German - Communist Manifesto – 1848 - Friedrick Engels
apparts Author – describe who it is Place and time – what is going on at this time Prior knowledge – what do you know already Audience – who was this for? Reason – why was it made? The main idea Significance – why is this important?
Marxism Theory of history: - Society progresses through class struggle - The bourgeoisie vs. the proletariat
Marxism Six Stages of History Identify which stage it is Identify the characteristics of the stage Describe how it functions within society Explain how it ends Use white board to outline your thoughts
Stage 1: Primitive Communism Shared property Hunting and Gathering Proto Democracy Ends with development of private property
Stage 2: Slave Society Classes State-ism Agriculture Democracy and Authoritarianism Private Property Ends when it exhausts itself
Stage 3: Feudalism Aristocracy Theocracy Hereditary Classes Nation-State Ends with social revolution
Stage 4: Capitalism Market Economy Private Property Parliamentary democracy Wages Warfare Financial Institutions Monopolistic tendencies Ends when the working class finds it “consciousness” and rises against the bourgeoisie
Stage 5: Socialism Decentralized planned economy Common Property Council Democracy Labor Vouchers Ends when capitalism is completely destroyed
Statelessness Classlessness Property-lessness History can begin! Stage 6: Communism Statelessness Classlessness Property-lessness History can begin!
Homework Directions: Answer the following questions with at least FIVE SENTENCES per answer. 1) Do you think this theory is realistic? Why or why not? 2) What stage is America in? Do you think it will ‘progress’ to the next stage? Why or why not?