Tuesday, February 12th Sorry that I wasn’t here- my flight got delayed because of a TORNADO in Birmingham- missed my connecting flight Sunday night- had to catch a flight 4:30am Monday morning= miserable! I am also moving this week  Excited to be here!!! Collect warm ups from last week

This week T- Communism/Capitalism W/TR- Imperialism F- Imperialism THREE DAY WEEKEND! Happy President’s Day!

Warm Up Name three most interesting things that you learned about from the video yesterday!!!

Goal: Differentiate between communism and capitalism and examine their advantages and disadvantages

Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers What is Communism? This is the symbol of Communism – The Hammer and the Sickle Hammer for the Workers Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 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, Frederick 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. Communism Socialism Capitalism Feudalism Explain these please! Primitive Communism

Communism means that everything was shared– food, jobs, belongings. This is how humans first lived together – in small tribes. Primitive means basic. Communism means that everything was shared– food, jobs, belongings. No one owned land. Eventually a group comes to power – this leads to Feudalism… Primitive Communism

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. Feudalism As trade develops, some people get richer. This leads to Capitalism….. Primitive Communism

The business owners get richer while the workers do all the hard work. Capitalism Feudalism Capitalism creates a huge working-class of people who soon get angry at the way they are treated. They eventually organize and demand changes.

Because nothing is made for profit, all people benefit from education and health. The workers take control of the country to produce things for everyone. Socialism Capitalism These ideas spread across the world to create Communism…. In the Socialist revolution all the rulers – kings, churches, capitalists are eliminated.

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

Communism vs Capitalism

Communism- a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed

Capitalism- a system based on private ownership and on investment of money in business in order to make a profit.

Communism Advantages: Everyone gets something (equal) No unemployment Healthcare for all citizens Cooperation of the people (work for the country to benefit)

Disadvantages: Communism Abuse of power Restrictions- no freedom of speech, press, no religious practices Censorship Against ethnic diversity Government controls property- very little if any, could own private property Individual doesn’t compete, in some ways lazy and does not need to strive for more

Bloody history of communism… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIbQAvF7C5Q

Capitalism Advantages You can own property Individuals can prosper/competition for wages Freedom of speech, press, religion Embrace ethnic diversity Makes the individual work worth something

Disadvantages: Capitalism Poverty Not everyone has healthcare Monopolies- control too much business Creates inequalities (ex: rich vs poor, have vs have not)

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