1.   McCreary decision: The state of Washington must provide “ample” funding for public education.  To fulfill this mandate, the state is requiring stipulations from each district and, in turn, each school to “qualify” for these funds.  NCLB: No Child Left Behind will be in full compliance  Districts/Schools will not be funded if they do not meet the requirements.  ESD/MHS staff meeting tomorrow to discuss new requirements Friday 3/21/14

2.   1 st Semester – 73% Average Grade  10% of students = F  18% of students = A  All students not meeting an acceptable level of success  2014-15 GOAL – 80% Average for ALL students  No Names on papers/tests/projects  All papers/tests/projects graded and grade given  All points equally distributed between all students  No Extra Credit  No Competitions (ex. Book)  I.E.: Must share any/all food with whole class New Grade System?

3.  Consider this new system and answer the following questions in your journal: 1)What benefits does this new system create? Who benefits? 2)What problems will the new system create? Who will be negatively impacted? 3)What do you think would happen to student motivation, production, and quality of assignments? Why? 4)Do you want this system to be implemented? New Classroom System?

4.   Write down something you want to buy  How much does it cost? (approximate)  How would you get the money to buy it?  What is the connection between money and labor (work)?  Who owns your labor?  In an ideal setting, if you work harder what will you get?  If you get more money, what can you do with it?  If you use the money to buy stuff, who gets to keep that stuff?  Do you want to be rich? Why? How do you get rich?  So why do people work?  Does desire for wealth motivate you (or people) to work? What Economic System Is This?

5.  Capitalism  Individuals  Hire workers  Decide on production  Realize a Profit  Own their labor  Competition  Supply and Demand determines prices  Risk failure  Is This Fair?

6.  Capitalism - Effects  Inequality  Poverty  Social Classes  Crime  Labor Conditions  Low Wages  Unemployment  Monopolies

7.  Capital and Labor

8.  DO NOT EAT YOUR CANDY UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD Rock, Paper, Scissors

9.  Rules of the Game  Two opponents at a time. You may choose your opponent.  Count off “one, two,” and then choose hand formation  Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, paper beats rock.  Winner takes a Starburst from loser.  You should compete until you have no Starburst. Return to your seat when Starburst are gone and answer the “Debrief” Questions

10. DEBRIEF QUESTIONS 1.How did you feel about your chances of success at the start of the game? 2.How did you feel when you ran out of Starbursts 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.What actions could Mr. Steen have taken to make the game more fair?

11.  Capitalism in the Industrial Revolution KARL MARX THOUGHT THE INEQUALITY OF CAPITALISM WAS VERY BAD… MARX BELIEVED THAT THE CAUSE OF CLASS STRUGGLES WAS THE HAVES AGAINST THE HAVE- NOTS OR, IN HIS WORDS… THE BOURGEOISIE (FACTORY OWNERS/WEALTHY)VERSUS THE PROLETARIAT (FACTORY WORKERS)

12. Private ownership of land Freedom of competition Results in unequal economic classes Upper class and working class struggle over wealth Tokens given out unequally A few students had more tokens than the rest Competition in the form of the game itself Those with few or no tokens have hard time acquiring more Only a few students were able to prosper during the game

13. Working class carries out plan to overtake upper class Gov’t owns industry Goal is to bring economic equality and a classless society Those who did not succeed point out unfairness; want to change game (EVEN AMOUNT OF STARBURST) Equal distribution of tokens removes social classes and creates economic equality

14.  MARX WAS A SOCIALIST… Three Goals of Socialism: 1. To distribute wealth and economic opportunities equally among people 2. Government controls all major decisions about production (What and how many) 3. Public ownership of land, factories, etc. --Gov’t makes decisions for the “good of the people”

15.  Capitalism v. Socialism  Captalism  Aka…Laissez-Faire  “Hands off”  No Government interference  Free Markets  Competition  Individual profit  Survival of fittest  Socialism  Aka…Government  “Hands in”  Government intervention  Controlled Markets  Equality  Shared profits  Help the weak

16. Ideology Capitalism Socialism Competition Cooperation

17. Priority Capitalism Socialism ProfitProtection of society/Equality

18. Economy Capitalism Socialism Unregulated Regulated

19. Property Capitalism Socialism Private PropertyGovernment controlled

20.  Highest Stage of Socialism = Communism

21.  Communism: A Complete Form of Socialism Karl Marx: “Workers of the world, unite!”  Class struggles b/t the “haves” & the “have- nots”…  Workers will overthrow capitalists (factory owners) in revolution…  Marxism /Communism *Communism: Goal for classless society, communal ownership of property, no government (Dictatorship of the Proletariat ) *Command economy: An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

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