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Material:
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Karl Marx interview, 1879 Chicago Tribune
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| Submitted by: |
William Paquette on Dec 30, 2005 |
| Date Last Modified: |
Dec 30, 2005 |
| Title: |
Karl Marx Interview |
| Description: |
A recreation of an 1879 Karl Marx Interview with the Chicago Tribune. |
| Type of Task: |
Individual,
Student-centered,
Supplemental activity,
Unsupervised
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| Time Required |
2-3 hours. |
| Topics: |
Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communism |
| Course: |
Western Civilization/Russian History |
| Audience: |
College General Ed,
College Lower Division,
High School
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
None. |
| Learning Objectives: |
To provide students with a primary source to evaluate the ideology of Karl Marx.
To compare the ideas written by Karl Marx with those adopted by Lenin. |
| Technical Notes: |
None. |
| Text of Learning Exercise: |
Read the recreated 1879 interview of Karl Marx with the Chicago Tribune. Identify Marx's ideology for political, economic, and social change. Read the relevant sections in the textbook on Nikolai Lenin. Write a paper of 4-5 pages comparing and contrasting the views of Marx and Lenin. Be sure to make sound, well documented conclusions. |
| Additional Information URL: |
None. |
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