Social 30-1
Welcome to the class.
Today we need to go over the following:
Class Guidelines/Expectations
Course Outline
Today we need to go over the following:
Class Guidelines/Expectations
Course Outline
Related Issue 1: To What Extent Should Ideology be the Foundation of Identity?
Curricular Outcomes:
General Outcome:
Students will explore the relationship between identity and ideology.
Specific Outcomes
Values and Attitudes
Students will:
1.1 appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology (PADM, TCC, I)
1.2 appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good
(PADM, C, GC)
Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
1.3 explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language,media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology) (I, C, LPP)
1.4 examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism (I, C, LPP, TCC)
1.5 examine the characteristics of ideology (interpretations of history, beliefs about human nature, beliefs about the structure of society, visions for the future) (TCC, PADM, LPP)
1.6 explore themes of ideologies (nation, class, relationship to land, environment, religion, progressivism) (TCC, PADM, LPP)
1.7 analyze individualism as a foundation of ideology (principles of liberalism: individual rights and freedoms, self-interest, competition, economic freedom, rule of law, private property)(PADM, ER, C)
1.8 analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
1.9 analyze the dynamic between individualism and common good in contemporary societies(PADM, ER, C)
1.10 evaluate the extent to which personal identity should be shaped by ideologies (I, C)
Today, we will look at ideologies.
First, what is an ideology?
Ideology: contains individual beliefs about ideas about human nature; systematic set of beliefs that provides a fairly thorough picture of the world that a group of people accept as true; influenced by culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality
How can each of these impact one's ideology?
We will discuss each of these:
Culture -
Language -
Media -
Relationship to Land
Environment -
Gender -
Religion/Spirituality
Then, we will look at how each can impact your ideology:
An ideology endeavours to answer these questions:
1. What are humans like, and why do they act as they do?
2. How should the world be organized?
3. How has the world worked in the past?
4. How should it work in the future?
Politics vs. Economics - Debate!
Dictatorship versus Democracy
Market Economy versus Command Economy
Class will be divided into four groups. Each group will be assigned a side.
Each group will have 8 members. Their roles, respectively, will be the following:
1. Define the term.
2. Identify advantage of your system.
3. Identify disadvantage(counterargument)
4. Defend against your counterargument.
5. Respond to the other team.
6. Respond to the other team.
7. Respond to the other team.
8. Conclude your point.
Rubric
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Individualism-foundations and principles
Collectivism - foundations and principles
Ideology Assignment
Montisquieu
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Karl Marx
Rene Descartes
Edmund Burke
Freedom/Security Video
Democracy - definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Entrepreneurialism -definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
NGO's - definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Social Programs- definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Kibbutz-- definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Extremes - Fascism/Communism
Anarchism
Conservative
Liberal
Radical
Reactionary
Continuum
Philosopher Instagram Assignment
3 Source Analysis #1
Classic Liberalism
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Welfare Capitalism
Notes - Part 1
Notes - Part 2
RI 1 Review -
Key Terms
Ideology: contains individual beliefs about ideas about human nature; systematic set of beliefs that provides a fairly thorough picture of the world that a group of people accept as true; influenced by culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality
Individualism: a value held by supporters of a political/economic system that allows the individual goals to be emphasized over the needs of society
Collectivism: a value held in which the interests of the group/state outweigh those of the individual.
Historic expressions of individualism: theory of laissez-faire economics, underpinned by Adam Smith’s economic theory of the invisible hand
Contemporary expressions of individualism: politically correct language, non-gender specific language
Historic expressions of collectivism: theory of communism
Contemporary expressions of collectivism: Amish, Dukhobors, Hutterites.
Interpretations of History: Communist ideology says that history is a progression of class struggles; Classic Liberal interpretation of history looks at a linear progression towards political perfection (utopia)
Beliefs about human nature: The fundamental beliefs about human nature will guide all other ideological beliefs – are individuals basically good as John Locke believed or basically flawed as Thomas Hobbes (a theorist of conservatism) argued.
Beliefs about the structure of society: Is there a God given structure/order to society? Liberals and Communists believed that there was a progression towards complete perfection.
Visions of the Future: All ideologies believe that if societies followed their beliefs structure, progress would result. This would inevitable result in a utopian future. Culture, religion, language etc. all impact the vision of the future.
Nation: Nation is a collective concept. Nation as a theme of ideology would support working towards the collective good. There is less emphasis on individual rights and more emphasis on working for the nation. This is conservative ideology.
Class: Marx uses class struggle as an underlying foundation to identify his communist ideology.
Relationship to land: Defining a nation can be a national identity or an identity defined by territory. Individualism can be tied to land through private ownership, or the nation can own all the land as a collective as in the ideology of socialism or communism.
Environment: Current surge in environmental movement is affecting environmental policies which influence political and economic government policies.
Religion: Liberal beliefs of freedom can be limited by religion. Fundamentalist movements can control government decisions and prevent the separation of church and state. Even in a democracy, religion can play a factor in ideology.
Progressivism: Liberalism and progressivism still support many of the same policies, but progressives support interventionism economic policies, income redistribution through taxation, and limiting the influence of corporations.
Liberalism: Considers individual liberty and equality of opportunity to be the most important political goals. Liberals argue that economic systems based on free markets are more efficient and generate more prosperity.
Individual rights and Freedom: within the limits of society defined by the rule of law, are the foundation of liberalism.
Self interests: Through liberalism you are guaranteed the right to pursue personal gain (personal initiative).
Competition: Laissez-faire economics state that competition is paramount to the individual rights of the consumer.
Economic Freedom: Consumers and producers have the right to buy and sell where they wish and to whom they desire.
Rule of Law: The belief that no one is above the law. Rule of law is an underlying constitutional principle requiring government to be conducted according to law and making all public officers answerable to the laws of the nation. No one is above the law. Rule of law includes the independence of the judiciary.
Private Property: Liberal ideology allows for private ownership of property.
Collective responsibility: The responsibility is to care for the greater good of society before individual pursuits and self interests. The interests of society supersede individual interests.
Collective interest: The best interests of society.
Cooperation: The notion that all stakeholders in society must work together for the best interests of society.
Economic Equality: Redistribution of wealth through taxation, and income redistribution are foundational in collectivist principles.
Adherence to collective norms: Following what society believes to be in its best interests. Collective norms exist at the social level.
Public property: The means of production is owned by the state.
Position Paper #1
RI 1 Exam
Chapter 3 Classical Liberalism
Chapter 4 Responses to Classical Liberalism
Luddites
Chartists
Socialists
Marxists
We will go over these briefly, and then you will be working on the following project at your tables:
Each person should take a group and answer these questions:
1. What was their primary ideological view(this will probably take the form of an answer to one or more of the ideological questions)
2. What was their main criticism or objection to classical liberalism?
3. What contemporary individual, political party, or nation reflects their values? Provide evidence.
Revisit Marx - Videos
Classical Conservatism
Utopian Socialism
Design a Utopia!
This will be a quick table exercise. At your table, you must design a society.
1. What type of economic system will you have? How will this meet the needs of all within your society?
2. What type of government will you have? How will you choose leaders?
3. What will you do in response to crime or unrest?
4. What will your five most important laws be?
5. What groups or philosophers would you say you align the most with?
Philosopher Instagram Assignment
Instagram Template
The Response to the Response
Welfare Capitalism
Welfare State
Emergence of Modern Liberalism
Keynesian Economics
Notes
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
RI 2 Source Analysis
RI 2 Position Paper
RI 2B
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
_RI 2B 3 Source Analysis
Berlin Airlift Documentary
Cuban Missile Crisis Video
Berlin Wall Explained
Brinksmanship Video: Fog of War
Proxy Wars
Korea
Vietnam
Chile
Afghanistan
Iran-Contra Affair
Giftschrank Project
Position Paper
Notes:
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Canadian Government System
Canadian Government Diagram
American Government System
American Electoral System
Authoritarianism Research Project
Authoritarianism is a form of government that gives authority to an elite group of people who may or may not rule in the interests of their people. Generally, they employ four techniques:
1. Vision
2. Propaganda
3. Controlled Participation
4. Directing Public Discontent
5. Terror
There are four main kinds:
1. Oligarchies
2. Military Dictatorships
3. Ideological One Party States
4. Monarchies
For each, complete the following:
1. Defintion(see textbook)
2. Example
3. How they implement each of the five techniques. You may use pictures, videos, or a written response to demonstrate this.
First, what is an ideology?
Ideology: contains individual beliefs about ideas about human nature; systematic set of beliefs that provides a fairly thorough picture of the world that a group of people accept as true; influenced by culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality
How can each of these impact one's ideology?
We will discuss each of these:
Culture -
Language -
Media -
Relationship to Land
Environment -
Gender -
Religion/Spirituality
Then, we will look at how each can impact your ideology:
An ideology endeavours to answer these questions:
1. What are humans like, and why do they act as they do?
2. How should the world be organized?
3. How has the world worked in the past?
4. How should it work in the future?
Politics vs. Economics - Debate!
Dictatorship versus Democracy
Market Economy versus Command Economy
Class will be divided into four groups. Each group will be assigned a side.
Each group will have 8 members. Their roles, respectively, will be the following:
1. Define the term.
2. Identify advantage of your system.
3. Identify disadvantage(counterargument)
4. Defend against your counterargument.
5. Respond to the other team.
6. Respond to the other team.
7. Respond to the other team.
8. Conclude your point.
Rubric
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Individualism-foundations and principles
Collectivism - foundations and principles
Ideology Assignment
Montisquieu
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Karl Marx
Rene Descartes
Edmund Burke
Freedom/Security Video
Democracy - definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Entrepreneurialism -definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
NGO's - definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Social Programs- definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Kibbutz-- definition
Individualist?
Collectivist?
Extremes - Fascism/Communism
Anarchism
Conservative
Liberal
Radical
Reactionary
Continuum
Philosopher Instagram Assignment
3 Source Analysis #1
Classic Liberalism
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Welfare Capitalism
Notes - Part 1
Notes - Part 2
RI 1 Review -
Key Terms
Ideology: contains individual beliefs about ideas about human nature; systematic set of beliefs that provides a fairly thorough picture of the world that a group of people accept as true; influenced by culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality
Individualism: a value held by supporters of a political/economic system that allows the individual goals to be emphasized over the needs of society
Collectivism: a value held in which the interests of the group/state outweigh those of the individual.
Historic expressions of individualism: theory of laissez-faire economics, underpinned by Adam Smith’s economic theory of the invisible hand
Contemporary expressions of individualism: politically correct language, non-gender specific language
Historic expressions of collectivism: theory of communism
Contemporary expressions of collectivism: Amish, Dukhobors, Hutterites.
Interpretations of History: Communist ideology says that history is a progression of class struggles; Classic Liberal interpretation of history looks at a linear progression towards political perfection (utopia)
Beliefs about human nature: The fundamental beliefs about human nature will guide all other ideological beliefs – are individuals basically good as John Locke believed or basically flawed as Thomas Hobbes (a theorist of conservatism) argued.
Beliefs about the structure of society: Is there a God given structure/order to society? Liberals and Communists believed that there was a progression towards complete perfection.
Visions of the Future: All ideologies believe that if societies followed their beliefs structure, progress would result. This would inevitable result in a utopian future. Culture, religion, language etc. all impact the vision of the future.
Nation: Nation is a collective concept. Nation as a theme of ideology would support working towards the collective good. There is less emphasis on individual rights and more emphasis on working for the nation. This is conservative ideology.
Class: Marx uses class struggle as an underlying foundation to identify his communist ideology.
Relationship to land: Defining a nation can be a national identity or an identity defined by territory. Individualism can be tied to land through private ownership, or the nation can own all the land as a collective as in the ideology of socialism or communism.
Environment: Current surge in environmental movement is affecting environmental policies which influence political and economic government policies.
Religion: Liberal beliefs of freedom can be limited by religion. Fundamentalist movements can control government decisions and prevent the separation of church and state. Even in a democracy, religion can play a factor in ideology.
Progressivism: Liberalism and progressivism still support many of the same policies, but progressives support interventionism economic policies, income redistribution through taxation, and limiting the influence of corporations.
Liberalism: Considers individual liberty and equality of opportunity to be the most important political goals. Liberals argue that economic systems based on free markets are more efficient and generate more prosperity.
Individual rights and Freedom: within the limits of society defined by the rule of law, are the foundation of liberalism.
Self interests: Through liberalism you are guaranteed the right to pursue personal gain (personal initiative).
Competition: Laissez-faire economics state that competition is paramount to the individual rights of the consumer.
Economic Freedom: Consumers and producers have the right to buy and sell where they wish and to whom they desire.
Rule of Law: The belief that no one is above the law. Rule of law is an underlying constitutional principle requiring government to be conducted according to law and making all public officers answerable to the laws of the nation. No one is above the law. Rule of law includes the independence of the judiciary.
Private Property: Liberal ideology allows for private ownership of property.
Collective responsibility: The responsibility is to care for the greater good of society before individual pursuits and self interests. The interests of society supersede individual interests.
Collective interest: The best interests of society.
Cooperation: The notion that all stakeholders in society must work together for the best interests of society.
Economic Equality: Redistribution of wealth through taxation, and income redistribution are foundational in collectivist principles.
Adherence to collective norms: Following what society believes to be in its best interests. Collective norms exist at the social level.
Public property: The means of production is owned by the state.
Position Paper #1
RI 1 Exam
Chapter 3 Classical Liberalism
Chapter 4 Responses to Classical Liberalism
Luddites
Chartists
Socialists
Marxists
We will go over these briefly, and then you will be working on the following project at your tables:
Each person should take a group and answer these questions:
1. What was their primary ideological view(this will probably take the form of an answer to one or more of the ideological questions)
2. What was their main criticism or objection to classical liberalism?
3. What contemporary individual, political party, or nation reflects their values? Provide evidence.
Revisit Marx - Videos
Classical Conservatism
Utopian Socialism
Design a Utopia!
This will be a quick table exercise. At your table, you must design a society.
1. What type of economic system will you have? How will this meet the needs of all within your society?
2. What type of government will you have? How will you choose leaders?
3. What will you do in response to crime or unrest?
4. What will your five most important laws be?
5. What groups or philosophers would you say you align the most with?
Philosopher Instagram Assignment
Instagram Template
The Response to the Response
Welfare Capitalism
Welfare State
Emergence of Modern Liberalism
Keynesian Economics
Notes
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
RI 2 Source Analysis
RI 2 Position Paper
RI 2B
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
_RI 2B 3 Source Analysis
Berlin Airlift Documentary
Cuban Missile Crisis Video
Berlin Wall Explained
Brinksmanship Video: Fog of War
Proxy Wars
Korea
Vietnam
Chile
Afghanistan
Iran-Contra Affair
Giftschrank Project
Position Paper
Notes:
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Canadian Government System
Canadian Government Diagram
American Government System
American Electoral System
Authoritarianism Research Project
Authoritarianism is a form of government that gives authority to an elite group of people who may or may not rule in the interests of their people. Generally, they employ four techniques:
1. Vision
2. Propaganda
3. Controlled Participation
4. Directing Public Discontent
5. Terror
There are four main kinds:
1. Oligarchies
2. Military Dictatorships
3. Ideological One Party States
4. Monarchies
For each, complete the following:
1. Defintion(see textbook)
2. Example
3. How they implement each of the five techniques. You may use pictures, videos, or a written response to demonstrate this.