What is Communism?

Slide 1: What is Communism? A Simple Lesson

Slide 2: What is Communism? • This is the symbol of Communism – The Hammer and the Sickle Hammer for the Workers Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers Who are these blokes?

Slide 3: What is Communism? ‘Those Blokes’ wrote the ‘Communist Manifesto’ in 1847. It’s a short book – but billions of people have read it…. This is Karl Marx, the ‘Father of This is his good friend, Communism’. People who believe Frederick Engels. in his ideas are called ‘Marxists’

Slide 4: What is Communism? Marx and Engels studied the history of the world’s economies. • This means the way that power, industry and finance are controlled. • They saw the way countries developed in stages. • Communism Socialism Capitalism Explain these please! Feudalism Primitive Communism

Slide 5: What is Communism? This is how humans first lived together – in small tribes. Primitive means ‘not very advanced’ e.g. hunting and gathering. Communism means that everything was shared amongst the tribe – food, Primitive jobs, belongings. No-one owned land. Eventually a Communism group comes to power – this leads to Feudalism…

Slide 6: What is Communism? Under feudalism, a He gives land king or emperor or and privileges chief becomes the to ‘nobles’ who ruler over all the rule the people people. for him. The people are kept uneducated and told that Feudalism As trade develops, god chose some people get the king to richer. This leads to rule. The Capitalism….. Primitive church helps Communism the king this way.

Slide 7: What is Communism? The capitalists get more power to serve The business their own owners or interests. capitalists get Capitalism richer while the workers do all the hard Capitalism creates a huge working- Feudalism work. class of people who soon get angry at the way they are treated. They organise in unions and demand changes. This will lead to a revolution and Socialism…

Slide 8: What is Communism? Because nothing is The workers made for profit, all take control of people benefit from the country to education and health. produce things for everyone. Socialism These ideas spread across the world to create Capitalism Communism…. In the Socialist revolution all the rulers – kings, churches, capitalists are got rid of.

Slide 9: What is Communism? The remaining capitalists put up a bitter fight, but the will of the people will Communism always win. Socialism All human activity As everyone now works together, goes towards war is a thing of the past – benefiting each armies are not needed. Sharing other – allowing all means no police are needed. to live their lives to Everything is provided by the the full. people – so money becomes a