Writing Assignment: Socialism

Reminder: We have been discussing different economic systems-- Capitalism, Democratic Socialism and Authoritarian Socialism. In order for us to fully understand how and why the US chose and stayed with Capitalism we wanted to compare it with the story of Socialism. We have discussed Robert Owen's experiment in New Harmony, Indiana. We discussed the working relationship between Friedrich Engles and Karl Marx -- the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. We discussed Eduard Bernstein and how he stirred away from this thinking due to changes he saw in Capitalism and what was NOT working with Socialism. We watched and discussed how Lenin took it upon himself to become the vanguard of the Communist Party and instead of the workers in the cities taking on a full fledged revolution, instead it would be the peasants in Russia. We discussed that despite the fact that people had poor working conditions , pay, children's labor etc..... in the cities-- that did not cause people to jump to revolution. And we ended with a discussion of Samuel Gompers, American Federation of Labor and Eugene Debs with the American Socialist Party

Below I posted 5 sections from part 1-- from the PBS Episode called,

" Heaven on Earth- the Rise and Fall of Socialism". If you were absent and or need to refresh your memory from the segments you may view here the portion you missed.

Below is the assignment that goes with this activity

You are to write a half page diary entry in which you will either choose the Russian Revolution or the American Federation of Labor,

You will have to decide in your story if you would choose to join or resist Lenin's revolution, join Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor or join the American Socialist Party.

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 5

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 4

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 3

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 2

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 1

Show me the money

This article is for September 7th. Please read this article about athlete's and their pay. Who really made the most money in sports?

President Obama's speech on Iraq

Economy Not Growing Fast Enough

Read this article and discuss some of the concerns about the Economy. Make a prediction in what you believe will happen in the next 3 months.

What is the 2010 Deficit?

What is the US 2010 Deficit? Discuss your thoughts as you read this number. What might this mean for your country? for you? are you concerned?

Why did the Dow Jones take a tumble?

What caused the Dow Jones to take a tumble today? Read the article following the link above-- click on the title. Read the article and then comment on the reason given and make a prediction of what will happen this Fall and winter.

Who has the largest Economy in the World? Second? Third?

What does the term superpower mean to you? How important do you think it is to be in the top 2? Read this article and comment on why this is an issue and what countries are shifting in ranking. What does this mean for our future world economy? Give your opinion, but state facts from article to support your thoughts.

Click on the title above and it will take you to the article.

Why Are We Using Blogger?

Why use rownomics.blogspot.com? One of the main purposes of this site is to help better educate each of you in what an article about economics might look like, second, it gives us a place to discuss what we believe that article/video clip means for our country or the world's economy. My hope is after reading the articles(or viewing clips) and sharing some dialogue we can then study the concepts in this course and can apply real world events and discuss how they pertain to the curriculum.

Rules are simple:

1. You must respond to minimum of one article or video clip per week that I post on this site.

I may post more than one article per week-- you choose the one that you want to respond to, however, I would encourage you to read all articles.

2. Your response must follow school guidelines of appropriate language, just as any assignment given in class.

3. Your response must show evidence of details mentioned in the article or clip.

4. Yes, you can respond to what another person posts-- but be respectful in doing such.

5. If you do respond to what another person say, that is fine, however, you must support your position by showing further evidence from your reading or viewing

6. I will post articles throughout the week and your response must be completed no later than midnight Monday night of the week following the posts.

7. You should always get back onto blog to make sure that your post is on the site.

8. Each of you will need to request to join the blog-- only members can post remarks. However, keep in mind -- literally the world can read the articles and your remarks. And for your knowledge--- they do.

9. I do not want any of you to put your full name on the blogspot. I would like for each of you to use the screen name which should include= your first initial, full last name and the period I have you for example lrowland3. This will make it very easy for me to grade your posts.

** You will need to create a gmail email account. I will walk each of you through this process in class.

10. Looking forward in reading your thoughts and sharing conversation with each of you.

If you have further questions, please see me.

This Is An Image We Want To Avoid At Test Time

My goal is to keep any of you from screaming like this when it is time for the AP College Board Exam. Please use the suggestions and links below in previous posts and others introduced throughout the year.

Tutoring: Reffonomics - for visual learners

Click the title above, "Tutoring: Reffonomics - for visual learners".

Here you will find excellent visuals that will explain the concepts we will be covering in class. I will be using this site with you in class. You can access it anytime.

http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/Macroeconomics

Online Tutoring Available 24/7

If you need online tutoring, click on "Online Tutoring Available 24/7" above.

Then click on blue bar that says, A2 Macroeconomics / Global Economy.

There you will find several links to help you.

http://www.tutor2u.net/economics/revision-notes/index.html

AP Macro Past FRQ Topics

Click on the Title above that says, "AP Macro Past FRQ Topics".

Looking for strategy and where to start? Here you will find a yearly summary of the Free Response Questions Topics.

http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/page/AP+Macroeconomic+FRQ+topics

Sample AP College Board Free Response Questions and Scoring Guidelines

Click on : Sample AP College Board Free Response Sample Questions and Scoring Guidelines Listed Above in the title

to see what has been asked in the past. I would recommend that you visit this page several times prior to May to help prepare yourself for the AP College Board Test.

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/economics_macro/samp.html?macro

Graphs you will need to know for AP Macro

These are must knows for AP College Board Macroeconomics.

Click on the title above (Graphs you will need to know for AP Macro- in title) and it will take you to samples of all graphs you will be expected to know to be successful on the AP College Board Exam

http://welkerswikinomics.wetpaint.com/photos/album/1266/Macroeconomics+Graphs?offset=0&maxResults=50

Welcome Back to School 2010-2011

Welcome Back! I hope all of you have had a great summer break. Above I will be posting sites I want each of you to become very familiar with this year. Your AP College Board test score will be determined partially, in how committed you are in preparing for the May test. Second, I will be posting instructions and weekly articles that you will be expected to read and comment on.