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Bruce LeePeriod 28/25/12Asian Imperialism

Permission Slip Due Fri

Opener 1 1)Hi-talked with friends, Lo-Feeling tired2) 23) Why was Japan’s military modernizationturn out better than China’s?Notes #1aMeiji Emperor

Activ #1aDebate

Activ #1bReading

Military #1

Ruso War?

Meiji Emperor more symbol than powerYoung, handsome, wore Western clothes

1) 3 because tradition is important 2) 5 because survival is most important

1) The reason students returned was nationalism.2) I think people are more individualistic today.

Reflection #1: Closing your country to threats can weaken you.

Agenda1) Lenin2) Stalin

Why am I learning this?1) Why was Communism a threat?

Reminder1) Reading quiz Monday

Review 1) Capitalism: Resources are privately owned.2) Socialism: Some resources are privately

owned, some is owned by the gov (supported by taxes)

3) Communism: All resources are owned by the ppl (community land controlled by gov)

4) Karl Marx(1919-1983): In Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, argued that working class needs to revolt and take control.

5) WWI (1914-1919): UK/France/Russia/US vs. Germany/Austria/Ottomons (Turkey). Russian ppl devastated by lack of supplies.

6) Russian Revolution (1917): Russians overthrow tsar, and pull out of WWI

1) February Revolution (1917): Kerensky leads temp gov, stay in WWI, push moderate reform

2) Soviets: Clubs promoting socialism or communa) Mensheviks: Larger group wanted gradual

reform through new laws (a bit more extreme than UK)

b) Bolsheviks: Complete reform needed, led by small group of purist, all led by Lenin (Communism)

3) Vladimir Lenin (1970-1924): Fights for revolutiona) Promised “Peace, Land, Bread” (communism)b) Communism only secure with a global revolution 4) Leon Trotsky (1979-1940): Helped Lenin,

organized military, also believed global revolution

5) Red Guard: Armed supporters of the Bolsheviks6) October Revolution (1917): Red Guard take over

capitol with help of a navy cruisera) Pulls out of WWI (gives up lot of land)b) Gives factories over to the workersc) Gives land over to the peasants7) Russian Civil War (1919-1922): a) Reds: Bolsheviks supporting communismb) Whites: Mensheviks, tsarists, democrats, UK/US8) USSR (1922): Russia becomes the Union of

Soviet Socialist Republics a) Opposition have freedom + gov representationb) Year Later: Freedom restricted, opposition

arrested/expelled/killed under justification that USSR was under attack by internal enemies

Notes #19a, Title: “USSR Notes” 9) Communist Party (CPSU): CPSU

controlled gov (despite Constitution that says ppl control gov)

a) CPSU membership limitedb) CPSU ran secret police, punish

opposition c) CPSU had party officials

(commissars) embedded in military to ensure loyalty

10) New Economic Policy (NEP, 1921): Gov taking all production led to production drop, esp in farming, NEP allowed ppl to keep some profits (bring back some capitalism)

Notes #19a, Title: “Stalin Notes” 1) Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): Ambition CPSU

leader, outmaneuvers (later kills) Trotsky after Lenina) Thought focus need be on USSR, not global reb) Power hungry, ruthless, paranoid leader

Notes #19b, Title: “Stalin Notes” 2) Command Economy: Stalin believed gov must

direct every economic and business decisions a) Allows fast growth in targeted areasb) Creates surplus/shortages as gov misdirectsc) Punished if quotas not met, focus on quantity,

not quality (shortages on goods not gov requested)3) 5 Year Plans: Stalin creates 5 yr plans in large

factories and farming to catch USSR up(Ironically, labor unions+striking was a socialist

tool in capitalist countries, CPSU banned them)

“Defend the USSR”

“Beware of the wheel!”

“Lets accomplish great deeds.”

4) Collectives: Peasants land taken away to create giant farms to create efficiency in scale

(Ironically, poor swapped land lords for CPSU)a) Terror Famine (1932-1933): To punish farmers

that resisted collectivization, Stalin took all their crops, leading to 5-8 million deaths

"Please, Uncle Do Take Me to Kharkiv."

"We have neither bread nor anything else to eat. Dad is completely exhausted from hunger and is lying on the bench, unable to get on his feet. Mother is blind from the hunger and cannot see in the least. So I have to guide her when she has to go outside. Please Uncle, do take me to Kharkiv, because I, too, will die from hunger. Please do take me, please. I'm still young and I want so much to live a while. Here I will surely die, for every one else is dying ..."

Activ #19c, “Command Economy Debate”1) Read the 2 sides, choose 1 side, and write

which you choose and explain why.2) Then write down what your partner thinks

(include their name at the end).1 2 3 4 5

CON: Command Economy Doesn’t Work1) Gov can’t possibly known all the little details like a private biz owner

2) Private biz owners being selfish will work harder, thereby make the nation stronger

PRO: Command Economy Works1) Gov can focus a country’s resources to speed development

2) Private biz focuses on their own profits, gov focuses on national prosperity and security

Activ #19a, Title “Video: Stalin”

1) Copy Source Title: History Channel: Man of Steel

2…) Discuss questions on the board with a partner. Summarize your discussion (include their name at the end). Remember participation points are deducted if off task. Reading/Film Qs Come From These Work Sections

Activ #19a, Title “Communist Intellectuals”

Write down a summary about what each of the 7 leaders were about:1-7)

Activ #19c, Title “Essay Prep”

1) Outline essay response to: Compare and contrast tsarist Russia to the USSR.

2) Share and add anything that was not in your own outline.

Reading/Film Qs Come From These Work Sections

Reflection #19 (place at the end of today’s work)

Pick the 1 most important thing you learned today to share with your partner.

1) Write down the main idea of today.(include their name).

2) Summarize Mr. Chiang’s closing remarks

WHAP Grading PoliciesQuizzes: you can earn back points by doing a paragraph write up on each question you miss.Daily Notes Quizzes: Unannounced quizzes on class notes from just the day beforeUnit Test: Same below 60% retake policyNo More Weighting: If something is worth 10 points, and something else is worth 100, you know that’s 10x more than the first.Participation: 10 Points/Wk (-- for off task)Writing Practice: 10 Points Each Time Class Notes: Same (if you don’t write class notes, you must print nightly). “Activ” must haveReading Notes: Only collecting if you are getting below an 80%.