A reminder about Cornell Notes that we use in our school and some of the major political ideologies pertaining to WW2.

1. CORNELL NOTES
Learning Intention:
Date: 2/2/17
What is the capital of
Ghana?
What is the first thing you
notice about the opening
scenes of the footage?
Amos is 15, why isn’t he
in school?
• Accra
• There is black smoke everywhere, lots of junk, there
are people around the toxic fumes and it would be a
horrible place to live.
• The technology seems to be really old.
• He is trying to get money, his family must be poor.
• He is spending his time burning e-waste so that he
can get the copper fibres from the plastic.
Accra is a dumping ground for a lot of different countries. They send their e-waste there –
sometimes they aren’t aware of it, or they pretend not to be. E-waste is making the people sick, as
they burn it to get the copper to sell in order to make money. Countries need to take responsibility
for their own waste, and there is conflict between the government in Ghana and others because of
this.
This column is for your
questions and headings
This column is for your
notes / answers to the
questions
This row is for your
summary of the notes
you have taken
This row is for the
Learning Intention
The questions and the answers
need to match up

2. THE ‘ISMS’ OF THE WORLD

3. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES HAVE TWO DIMENSIONS:
•GOALS: HOW SOCIETY SHOULD BE ORGANIZED.
•METHODS: THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO
ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.

4. CAPITALISM
• IS AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF THE
MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND THEIR OPERATION FOR PROFIT.
• CHARACTERISTICS CENTRAL TO CAPITALISM INCLUDE OWNERSHIP
OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, MONEY MAKING, WAGE LABOUR, VOLUNTARY
EXCHANGE, A PRICE SYSTEM, AND COMPETITIVE MARKETS.
• IN A CAPITALIST MARKET ECONOMY, THE COMPANIES ESSENTIALLY
DECIDE THE PRICES AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS ARE DETERMINED
BY COMPETITION IN THE MARKET. EG. COMPANIES ARE FREE TO
UNDERCUT PRICES TO KNOCK OUT A COMPETITOR, OR CHARGE A
GREAT DEAL FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY
SUPPLIER.

5. COMMUNISM
• COMMUNISTS BELIEVE THAT THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM IS DAMAGING TO
THE INTERESTS OF THE MASSES, AND THAT WORKERS MUST UNITE
AND OVERTURN IT BY REVOLUTIONARY MEANS.
• COMMUNISTS ALSO BELIEVE IN THE STATE OWNERSHIP OF ALL LAND,
NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY.
• THE THEORY OF COMMUNISM IS IDEALISTIC SHARING – HUMAN
NATURE USUALLY RUINS THIS AS IT HAS NEVER SUCCESSFULLY BEEN
UNDERTAKEN EG. RUSSIA AND CHINA AS HISTORICAL EXAMPLES.

6. CONSERVATISM
•CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT IS COLOURED BY THE BELIEF
THAT – OVER TIME – HISTORY HAS PRODUCED INSTITUTIONS
AND MODES OF GOVERNMENT THAT FUNCTION WELL, AND
WHICH SHOULD BE LARGELY PRESERVED FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT POLITICAL CHANGE SHOULD BE
ORGANIC AND GRADUAL, RATHER THAN REVOLUTIONARY.

7. FASCISM
• BELIEVE THAT LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IS OBSOLETE, AND THEY
REGARD THE COMPLETE MOBILIZATION OF SOCIETY UNDER A
TOTALITARIAN ONE-PARTY STATE AS NECESSARY TO PREPARE A
NATION FOR ARMED CONFLICT AND TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO
ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES.
• SUCH A STATE IS LED BY A STRONG LEADER—SUCH AS A DICTATOR
AND A MARTIAL GOVERNMENT COMPOSED OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
GOVERNING FASCIST PARTY—TO FORGE NATIONAL UNITY AND
MAINTAIN A STABLE AND ORDERLY SOCIETY.
• FASCISM REJECTS ASSERTIONS THAT VIOLENCE IS AUTOMATICALLY
NEGATIVE IN NATURE, AND VIEWS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, WAR, AND
IMPERIALISM AS MEANS THAT CAN ACHIEVE NATIONAL
REJUVENATION. FASCISTS ADVOCATE A MIXED ECONOMY, WITH THE
PRINCIPAL GOAL OF ACHIEVING SELF SUFFICIENCY THROUGH
PROTECTIONIST AND INTERVENTIONIST ECONOMIC POLICIES

8. SOCIALISM
• SOCIALISTS ARE MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
LIFE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. THEY BELIEVE IN A POLITICAL SYSTEM
CHARACTERISED BY STRONG STATE DIRECTION IN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
POLICY. ANOTHER KEY IDEA IS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES TO
REDRESS INEQUALITIES INHERENT IN A FREE-MARKET ECONOMY.
• MANY COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND THE WEST ADOPT A KIND OF SOCIALISM -
INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND FREE HEALTH CARE, CENTRELINK,
FREE EDUCATION.
• OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNISM – THIS 1MIN 41SEC VIDEO MIGHT HELP
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES -
HTTP://WWW.INVESTOPEDIA.COM/ASK/ANSWERS/100214/WHAT-DIFFERENCE-
BETWEEN-COMMUNISM-AND-SOCIALISM.ASP

9. NATIONAL SOCIALISM AKA NAZISM
• IS THE IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 20TH-CENTURY GERMAN NAZI PARTY AND
NAZI GERMANY, AS WELL AS OTHER FAR-RIGHT GROUPS. USUALLY CHARACTERISED AS A FORM OF
FASCISM THAT INCORPORATES SCIENTIFIC RACISM AND ANTISEMITISM (HATRED OF THE JEWISH
PEOPLE).
• NAZISM SUBSCRIBED TO THEORIES OF RACIAL HIERARCHY AND SOCIAL DARWINISM, IDENTIFYING
GERMANS AS PART OF WHAT NAZIS REGARDED AS AN ARYAN RACE. IT AIMED TO OVERCOME SOCIAL
DIVISIONS AND CREATE A HOMOGENEOUS SOCIETY, UNIFIED ON THE BASIS OF "RACIAL PURITY"
(VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT).
• THE NAZIS AIMED TO UNITE ALL GERMANS LIVING IN HISTORICALLY GERMAN TERRITORY, AS WELL AS
GAIN ADDITIONAL LANDS FOR GERMAN EXPANSION UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF LEBENSRAUM (LIVING
ROOM), WHILE EXCLUDING THOSE DEEMED EITHER TO BE COMMUNITY ALIENS OR BELONGING TO AN
"INFERIOR" RACE. THE TERM "NATIONAL SOCIALISM" AROSE OUT OF ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A
NATIONALIST REDEFINITION OF "SOCIALISM", AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOTH INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM
AND FREE MARKET CAPITALISM.
• NAZISM REJECTED THE CONCEPT OF CLASS STRUGGLE, OPPOSED COSMOPOLITAN
INTERNATIONALISM, AND SOUGHT TO CONVINCE ALL PARTS OF A NEW GERMAN SOCIETY TO
SUBORDINATE THEIR PERSONAL INTERESTS TO THE "COMMON GOOD" AND TO ACCEPT THE PRIORITY
OF POLITICAL INTERESTS IN ECONOMIC ORGANISATION.