1. 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

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

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

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

5. 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

6. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
They wrote the ‘Communist Manifesto’
in 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

14. Communism vs Capitalism

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

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

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

18. 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

19. Bloody history of communism…

20. 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

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

22. Activity: