| Key Questions |
Activities |
Resources |
| What are your political views
and where do they situate you ideologically? |
All students complete this
test of their ideological position from the political compass. |
http://www.politicalcompass.org/ |
| What are ideologies? (Part 1:
Beginning at the beginning...) |
Read this extract
from Plato's Republic and answer the questions which follow. |
Exploring
Plato's Dialogues (Evansville University, USA etext
library) |
| What are ideologies? (Part 2) |
Lecture in class |
Mr. Jones-Nerzic |
| What are ideologies? (Part 3) |
Read the class handouts on
Conservatism and Liberalism and identify the core ideas of each
ideology. |
Class Handouts.
The History Guide Lecture
on the 'age of ideologies' |
| What are the origins of
Marxism? |
Read an introduction to the development of socialist theory 1800-1867. |
Roger Spalding - Socialism
and Communism Chapter 2.
Cartoon handout on Socialism for Beginners. |
| What is Marxism? |
Go to activity page |
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