1. What is Capitalism?

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Lesson Objectives
To explore the ideology of Capitalism; to understand the history of capitalism and be able to define it as an economic and ideological concept.

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint. Make sure you watch the embedded Crash Course videos.
   
2. Complete the question on the last slide: 'Summarise in no more than 50 words, what is Capitalism?'
   
3. Read the article, 'How Capitalism Works' and answer these questions. Be ready to discuss your answers next lesson.

​Extension

1. Download and read the article, 'What is Capitalism?'

2. What is Communism?

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Lesson Objectives
To identify and understand the key features of Marxist ideology and summarise learning by creating a revision booklet for Marxism.

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from this Lesson PowerPoint. 
2. Read the article: 'The Communist Manifesto' and answer the 21 questions at the end of the article - short answers are acceptable!
3. Create a ‘Beginners Guide to Marxism’. This guide should be written in an engaging manner making use of analogy, diagrams and metaphor as appropriate. 2 pages of A4 maximum! Cover the following areas:
   1. Who was Karl Marx & How did he criticise Capitalism?
   2. Marx’s Solution – Socialism – What was it?
   3. How did Lenin adapt Marx’s ideas of Socialism?
   4. What other forms of socialism are there? (Maoism, Stalinism, Trotskyism)
   5. How can socialism be criticised? (Defence of Capitalism?)​

Extension

1. Download and read the article, 'Marx and Engels' by Robert Service.
2. Watch one of the videos about Marx and Communism.

3. What was the Cold War?

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Lesson Objectives
To identify the key features and turning points of the Cold War and understand the nature of the conflict

Lesson Tasks

1. Download, read and make notes from this Lesson PowerPoint.
2. Watch the Crash Course Video on the Cold War.
3. Using the video, the lesson notes and any internet research, make a brief timeline of the Cold War, summarising the key events and turning points. Also try to include the three periods of Cold War, its beginnings, détente, and end of the Cold War.

Extension

1. Read this introductory chapter from: Young, J., & Kent, J. (2013). International Relations since 1945. Introduction: Understanding the Cold War. pp. 24-33
2. A further article on causes of Cold War: Paul Dukes. (2001). A Long View of the Cold War. History Today.