ROCK PAPER SCISSORS Rock Scissors Paper Rock Scissors

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS! Rock > Scissors Paper > Rock Scissors > Paper

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS! DO NOT EAT YOUR CANDY. You will play R/P/S with the person across from you, whoever wins gets one piece of candy from the loser. After each round, we will rotate so that you will compete against a different person each round. Once you are out of candy, you must sit down at your desk.

DEBRIEF Do you think this game was fair? Why or why not? Losers: What can you do to make the game more fair? Is there anything that Mrs. Pool could do to make the game more fair? Should she do this?

CAPITALISM V. SOCIALISM V. COMMUNISM THE REAL WORLD CAPITALISM � Private ownership of industry � Freedom of competition � Results in unequal economic classes CLASS STRUGGLE the working class will rebel against the upper class THE GAME CAPITALISM � Y’all started with random amounts of starburst � You played rock, paper, scissors � Some students succeeded; most lost CLASS STRUGGLE those without candy were jealous, and to make it fair, I divided the candy

CAPITALISM V. SOCIALISM V. COMMUNISM THE REAL WORLD SOCIALISM THE GAME SOCIALISM � Government �I � Goal �I � Aims � Everyone ownership of industry = economic equality for a classless society collected your Starburst redistributed tokens evenly has the same amount

CAPITALISM V. SOCIALISM V. COMMUNISM THE REAL WORLD COMMUNISM � Goal of classless society achieved � No government needed… In theory… THE GAME COMMUNISM � In a perfect world, everyone shared all of the Starburst completely evenly � In the real world, people are selfish and terrible

DEBRIEF QUESTIONS:

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM?

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM?

WHY DO YOU THINK SOCIALISM/ COMMUNISM ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH REVOLUTION? You’ll learn more about this next year in world history! OR IN HUMANITIES #takehumanities

DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPIER UNDER SOCIALISM/ COMMUNISM INSTEAD OF CAPITALISM? WHY OR WHY NOT?

NOW, IN THE US: IN THE LATE 1800 S AND EARLY 1900 S, WHAT PEOPLE WERE FOR SOCIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES?

NOW, IN THE US: WHY WOULD PEOPLE BE OPEN TO SOCIALIST POLICIES AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

EXIT TICKET: RESPOND TO THE TWO FOLLOWING QUOTES Tony Benn said: Winston Churchill said: “Socialism is the flame of anger against injustice and the flame of hope that you can build a better world. ” “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. ” Do you agree? What is he saying and do you agree?