1. ROCK PAPER SCISSORS

2. DEBRIEF How did you feel at the start of the game?
How did you feel when you ran out of kisses and had to quit the game? Explain.
What tactics could you have used to get back into the game? Why didn’t you try those tactics?
Do you think this game was fair? Why or why not? State your reasons
Now that the game is over, what action could the teacher take, if any, to make the game fair? Should the teacher take such action? Why or why not?

3. EQUAL DISTRIBUTION
6. How do you feel now? Was this action fair?

4. REMEMBER LIFE IN RUSSIA…

5. PEASANTS

6. CLERGY

7. NOBILITY

8. INTELLECTUALS

9. ANALYZE

10. Capitalism in the Industrial Revolution
Capitalist Ideas:
Progress results when people follow own self-interest
Businesses follow self-interest thru competition w/ other businesses for $$$
Each producer provides goods that are better and cheaper than the competition
Consumers compete to purchase best goods at lowest prices
Market economy aims to produce best products & lowest prices
Government should not interfere w/ the economy
KARL MARX THOUGHT ALL OF THIS WAS VERY, VERY BAD!
MARX BELIEVED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF CLASS STRUGGLES…THE HAVES AGAINST THE HAVE-NOTS
THE BOURGEOISIE (FACTORY OWNERS/WEALTHY)
VERSUS
THE PROLETARIAT
(FACTORY WORKERS)

11. Three Goals of Socialism:
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
3. Public ownership of land, factories, etc.
--meaning, the gov’t has a say in most economic aspects “for the good of the people.”

12. BUT TOOK IT A BIT FURTHER…
Marxist Ideas:
Great movements in history result from an economic class struggle
The “haves” (rich factory owners) take advantage of the “have-nots” (workers)
The Industrial Revolution intensified the class struggle
Workers are exploited by owners
Labor of workers creates profits for employers
The capitalist system will eventually destroy itself. The state (gov’t) will wither away as a classless society develops

13. 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 (same as communism)
Communism is one class in society-- no rich or poor; communal ownership of property, no gov’t
Command economy: state owns land, natural resources, industry, banks, media, etc.
Gov’t controls decisions about economy
No private property

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

15. Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
Marxist Theory
Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
WORKERS REVOLT
WORKERS REVOLT
Working class carries out plan to overtake upper class
Those who did not succeed point out unfairness; want to change game
SOCIALISM
SOCIALISM
Alternative solutions suggested: equal distribution of tokens
Teacher collects tokens and redistributes equally
Gov’t owns industry
Goal is to bring economic equality
Aims for a classless society

16. Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
Marxist Theory
Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
COMMUNISM
COMMUNISM
Goal of classless society achieved
No government needed
Instead- Dictatorship of the Proletariat
No student had more token than another
Everyone equally “wealthy”
Teacher not needed– everyone equal

17. DISCUSS… What are some advantages of a Marxist, classless society?
What are some disadvantages?
What do you think peasants in Russia might have thought about Marx’s ideas?

18. CAPITALIST OR SOCIALIST?
MARINA HIGH SCHOOL
(socialist)
A CHILD’S LEMONADE STAND
(capitalist)
A SOUP KITCHEN
GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE FOR ALL CITIZENS
STARBUCKS