1. Karl Marx Group Your job is to answer these questions using whatever tools you can find, including Internet. Present your findings on a poster. Answer these questions: - Who was he? Why was he important? What did he write that was so important? Do you think it was a good idea? Why or why not?Did he make dumb decisions? Or, was he a revolutionary? Is there anyone like him today? What evidence is there to support your idea?

2. Vladimir Lenin Group Your mission is to answer these questions in a group presentation on a poster using any method you want. – Who was he? Why was he important? Did he make dumb decisions? Or, was he a revolutionary or visionary? Is there anyone like him today? What evidence is there to support your idea? Was his vision utopic or dystopic? Why? Cite your resources!

3. Russian Community Research Group We learned a little bit about Russian peasants and their lifestyles. What do you think they were wanting after farming for so long? Would they want to change? Why? Draw sketches of what a Russian peasant family would look like, explain why they look the way they do. What kinds of fun stuff did they do? MAKE A POSTER!

4. Communist Manifesto – What is it? http://introsociology.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/welsh-communist-manifesto-2.jpg Based on this picture, what would you guess the Communist Manifesto is? What do these guys look like?

5. No private ownership or production of goods and services Wanted to get rid of market economy and replace it with an economy where everyone was provided for. All States and governments would be abolished...in other words, no GOVERNMENT control! What would this be like? DO A VISUAL OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IN A DRAWING OR A PLAYDOH CREATION. He believed that it would eliminate conflict and war BECAUSE?!

6. Socialism A command economy – what does this mean? The government decides what is provided, how it is provide, and for whom it is provided How would a government enforce this kind of command then? Does it look like something that is in existence in some form or another today?Text your answer!

7. Vladimir Lenin What does he look like? What is your first impression of him? Text your answer! (1870 - 1924)

8. Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century. He masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917 and was the architect and first head of the Soviet state. Who were the bolsheviks? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/lenin_vladimir.shtml

9. radical group of people they seized power in Russia during the October Revolution (violent battle fought by the bolsheviks) phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917 they founded the Soviet Union. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshevi k