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amother
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 Tue, Feb 06 2024, 11:38 am
Tomorrow I am going to teach about communism and capitalism. I am looking for an exciting experiment I can make that will make my students ‘feel’ the difference between the two.
Anyone has an idea for me?
Maybe a thought experiment? Or thought provoking questions that can initiate a good debate?
I teach high school.
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Genius
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 11:41 am
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Maybe tell them how you don’t think their marks are fair and you decided to distribute it and everyone will get the average class mark?
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amother
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:04 pm
Create a debate with two sides and each sides needs to come up with pros and cons and debate!
Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
Divide the whole class into groups of two and give them two pieces of candy, explain that having one piece of candy is the minimum for survival and anything more than that provides more resources to do as they wish. Some students can and will get more than two, this represents the inequality of Capitalism—some people are born into this world already at an advantage. The group will play rock/paper/scissors for a couple of minutes for those pieces of candy. Each time a player wins in a r/p/s game they get a piece of candy from their opponent. The first round the teacher will give each group of two an uneven amount of candy (making sure that one student has significantly more than the other student). Students will then play r/p/s/ for a couple of minutes. After a couple of minutes the teacher will tell the students to stop and count their candy. In most situations the student who had the most candy before the game still will have the most candy at the end. Some people who started with a very little amount of candy will end up with none after the game. And only a few players with the lesser amount of candy will end up with more at the end of the game. This part of the game is an attempt to demonstrate capitalism. The second round the teacher will give all the students an equal amount of candy. At the end of the round, most of the students should still have about the same amount of candy or only a little less than their partners. This part of the game demonstrates socialism. Next, the teacher will take all the candy away from the students and they will react angrily. The teacher will ask the students what would appease them or keep them happy. The students respond by asking for their candy back. So the teacher gives them just as much as they needed to be survive, one.
Maybe check this out...
https://koldwar.weebly.com/upl.....m.pdf
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ddmom
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:21 pm
| Genius wrote: | | Maybe tell them how you don’t think their marks are fair and you decided to distribute it and everyone will get the average class mark? |
I like that!!!
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amother
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:24 pm
| amother Firebrick wrote: | Create a debate with two sides and each sides needs to come up with pros and cons and debate!
Rock, Paper, Scissors Game
Divide the whole class into groups of two and give them two pieces of candy, explain that having one piece of candy is the minimum for survival and anything more than that provides more resources to do as they wish. Some students can and will get more than two, this represents the inequality of Capitalism—some people are born into this world already at an advantage. The group will play rock/paper/scissors for a couple of minutes for those pieces of candy. Each time a player wins in a r/p/s game they get a piece of candy from their opponent. The first round the teacher will give each group of two an uneven amount of candy (making sure that one student has significantly more than the other student). Students will then play r/p/s/ for a couple of minutes. After a couple of minutes the teacher will tell the students to stop and count their candy. In most situations the student who had the most candy before the game still will have the most candy at the end. Some people who started with a very little amount of candy will end up with none after the game. And only a few players with the lesser amount of candy will end up with more at the end of the game. This part of the game is an attempt to demonstrate capitalism. The second round the teacher will give all the students an equal amount of candy. At the end of the round, most of the students should still have about the same amount of candy or only a little less than their partners. This part of the game demonstrates socialism. Next, the teacher will take all the candy away from the students and they will react angrily. The teacher will ask the students what would appease them or keep them happy. The students respond by asking for their candy back. So the teacher gives them just as much as they needed to be survive, one.
Maybe check this out...
https://koldwar.weebly.com/upl.....m.pdf |
Rock paper scissors is leaving it up to luck. Capitalism is hard work. Yes, some people are born with money but what they do with it is on them.
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amother
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:41 pm
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I like the debate idea. What points can I have them debate other than pros and cons?
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amother
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:55 pm
| amother Tuberose wrote: | | Rock paper scissors is leaving it up to luck. Capitalism is hard work. Yes, some people are born with money but what they do with it is on them. |
If all it took to succeed in a capitalist society was hard work, Imamother would look very different…
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paperflowers
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:58 pm
| Genius wrote: | | Maybe tell them how you don’t think their marks are fair and you decided to distribute it and everyone will get the average class mark? |
You can modify this to telling the class you have a finite max amount of points you can give to each class and have them debate how to best distribute them.
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theoneandonly
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 12:58 pm
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Assuming they read animal farm already? If not, go with that.
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amother
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Tue, Feb 06 2024, 1:37 pm
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