The Science of Ideas

From No Simple Victory

What is science?

What processes do they do to figure things out? Let’s review…

What do scientists do?

Observe.Question.

Pay attention to detail.

Test & Collect data.Then...

The moment of

truth…

OR

Ideology

• a : a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or culture

• b : a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture

• c : the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program

Fascism

Italy - Mussolini Totalitarian/Authoritarian, single party

state “The Far Right” Society more important than the

individual Centralization of power under a

dictator, did not desire equality Strict govt. control of the economy-

“The Corporate State”, more state power and suppressing of opposition through terror and censorship

Nationalism and Racial superiority

On one side stood Hitler, fascism, the myth of German supremacy; on the other side stood Stalin, communism, and the international proletarian revolution. —Anne Applebaum, New York

Review of Books, 25 Oct. 2007

Communism

Karl Marx Economic System &

Political Ideology Property is commonly

controlled Revolution of the

proletariat (worker) to seize control of the means of production

International movement Communist Manifesto

2/1848 w/ Friedrich Engels

On one side stood Hitler, fascism, the myth of German supremacy; on the other side stood Stalin, communism, and the international proletarian revolution. —Anne Applebaum, New York

Review of Books, 25 Oct. 2007

Capitalism & Democracy

US – FDR/Truman UK – Chamberlain/Churchill

Private ownership of business and property

“Survival of the fittest” Liaise faire, free market,

limited welfare system Free elections, republic

style protections for individual

liberty, separation of powers, & layered federal structure

Political Tea Party

How can you tell?Who is who?

How does this help us form the

BIG picture?

Why do people fight?

What role might ideology play in conflicts?

Who are our current leaders in America?

President Obama North Carolina Governor

Beverly Perdue

National

State

Leaders of WWIIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2soIOBn8E Directions

Watch the video clip “Leaders of WWII” and work together in your teams to individually fill out the Leaders of WWII graphic organizer. Each member is responsible for filling out a sheet and each team is going to specialize in a leader so that each team can make sure the other teams have all the info from the film . Team members help each other and at the end of the video we ill all discuss our leaders and teams will help teams. We’ll use a key to make sure we hit all the details while creating a diagram on the board to represent allied and axis powers.

Western Powers

Axis Powers

USSR Western Powers including USA

Axis Powers

USSR

War WarWarNazi-Soviet Pact

Grand Coalition

How Does Media Affect Your Life

And…how does it do that?

Culture Café

What do our customs say about us as a society?

Culture Cafe