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Students will comprehend the ideals of Karl Marx and the ideas of Communism.
Students will examine the economic inequalities of Capitalism, and practice the
ideals of Socialism.
Students will evaluate why a majority of people turned to Communism as a solution
for Communism.
Students will be tested on comprehensive questions from 3 video games
game has to move to the back of the room and wait for the game to finish. At the end of the first
round, students with the most tokens have won the game. Ideally, the students who started with
the most tokens at the begging of the game are supposed to win. This is supposed to represent the
social inequalities in Capitalism (inherited wealth). Some people who started with a very little
amount of candy will end up with none after the game. Also only a few players with the lesser
amount of candy will end up with more at the end of the game.
In the second part of the game the teacher will give all the students an equal amount of
tokens. At the end of the second round, most of the students should have the same amount as
their partner or a little less. The second round is supposed to demonstrate Socialism.
The last round, the teacher takes away all of the tokens from the students. The students
reactions are supposed to be upset, and they want their token back from the teacher. Next the
teacher will ask the students what would make them happy enough to appease them. The
students respond should be to have their tokens back, so the teacher hands them only one token
back which is the minimal requirements to survive. The last activity is supposed to represent
Communism.
Simulation BBC Games:
I feel students will be excited knowing they get to play video game as a school activity.
The video games on the BBC website will engage students, because its an interactive story on
the Russian Revolution. Students on the first game learn more factual information in a new
exciting way of following along with a story on the Russian Revolution. Students on the second
game will learn the story behind the Bolsheviks and the influence Lenin had on the Russian
Revolution. Lastly, on the third game students will learn about how the con of Communism, and
how Stalin created a totalitarian regime. All three will be added to the lesson they correspond
with. What I like about these games is it supports student engagement, because it interacts with
them by telling an engaging story on the Russian Revolution. To make sure students are paying
attention to the story it has them answer comprehensive questions. Also the story has great
narration with interesting visuals during the story of the game.
Lesson Closure Time: 15min
Rock, Paper, Scissors Game:
At the end of the unit students will get into three groups of their choice. One group will
argue for Capitalism, second group will argue for Communism, and the third group will
argue for in between Communism and Capitalism (Socialist Government). Each group will
argue which form of government better provides for a more utopian society. The rules of
the debate are: each student most formerly address one another points, no talking while
someone else is talking, and students are allowed to move to different group with a
stronger argument. Before the activity begins the teacher will model the rules for the
students. Also the teacher will play devil advocate and move to the smaller groups during
the debate to help argue points.
At the end of the debate the students will return to their desks and take out a sheet of
paper for an exit slip. The student will write down on an exit slip why they think Russia
turned to Communism as a solution for government in their society. The exit slip needs to
be about 5-7 sentences.
Handout Worksheets:
-Vocab List
-Rules for Rock, Paper, Scissor Game
Tokens- for Rock. Paper, Scissors game
Pencil and Paper
Notebook- for notes
Computer
Projector
YouTube America Distribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM
YouTube American Propaganda Piece against Communism: http://youtu.be/mVh75ylAUXY
Website Inequalities in Russia social classes:
http://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/russian-society/
BBC Website of the three Simulation Games:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/russia/
Resource for Rock Paper Scissors Game:
http://oregonteacherblog.chalkboardproject.org/teaching-strategies/rock-paper-scissors-hownot-to-bore-your-students-with-a-lecture-on-communism-socialism-and-capitalism/