Key Differences? Language Governmental systems and Revolutions
Individual vs. Group Work Ethic Slide 2 Slide 3 With your partner,
play rock, paper, scissors. Each time you lose, give your opponent
a Hersheys Kiss. Once one of you has lost all of your kisses, sit
down. Slide 4 How did you feel at the start of the game? How did
you feel when you ran out of candy and had to sit down? What
tactics could you have used to get back into the game? (Steal,
bargain, buy someone off, lie) Was the game fair? What could the
teacher have done to make it fair and should he do it? Slide 5 Read
the short excerpt on the three economic systems Slide 6 Adam Smith,
Father of Modern Capitalism Karl Marx, Father of Socialism &
Communism Slide 7 Slide 8 When we first played we saw the
following: Private ownership of industry You all started with their
own candy There was freedom of competition You all played rock,
paper, scissors Result was unequal economic classes some of you
won, most lost Slide 9 Key industries (transportation, power
plants, mining, etc.) are owned by the government (private
ownership of other things) Government uses its resources to provide
jobs for as many people as possible and keep prices low The
government should keep things fair Slide 10 Ive decided we should
be socialist and I am the GOVERNMENT and I am going redistribute
the candy equally. Government ownership of industry I collected
candy Goal is to bring economic equality I redistributed candy
equally Aims for a classless society You now all have the same
amount of candy Slide 11 Workers own the means of production
(example: miners own the coal mine) and make decisions about
production No private ownership of land, businesses, etc. People
will want whats best for everyone, so they will make fair decisions
Slide 12 Based on what you know, who wants to play again?!? Goal of
classless society achieved Students would refuse to play game again
and choose to share candy No government needed I would no longer
need to supervise. Slide 13 CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell
one and buy a bull. CAPITALISM AMERICAN You have two cows. You sell
one of them, and buy a bull. The cow and bull have a great love
life; you sell the movie rights to Hollywood. Then you go into real
estate. Slide 14 COMMUNISM You have two cows. The government takes
both cows. The government sells the milk in government stores. You
cant afford the milk. You wither away. Slide 15 SOCIALISM You have
two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with
everyone elses cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The
government gives you as much milk as you need.
