4.4 Workers fight for their rights vht2a 7-6-2024

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Workers fight for their rights

section 4.4

Lesson plan

- Targets for today

- Discuss section 4, Ch. 4

- Work in project groups

- Evaluation

- Planning for next class

Targets

- You can explain how and when the Netherlands became an industrial society

- You can explain what socialism is about and why there were two groups of socialists

- You can explain what a social law is and provide an example of that.

Socialism

= a political movement which wants more equality 

In other words, more power to the people (people = working class)

Founder: Karl Marx

Workers all over the world should unite to get the power from the rich people through a revolution. 

Provide the definition of the term: socialism.

Socialism

2 movements within socialism

1. Communism: more equality through violence 
2. Social democracy: more equality through universal suffrage and trade unions. 

Which two movements are there within socialism?

The social question

= the question of how the problem of the bad living and working conditions of the working class should be solved. 

( who were part of the working class?)

Answer--> Social laws: laws were made to help people (usually financially) 

What is the social question about?
Explain.

Social laws 

1. Van Houtens Childrens Law: abolition child labour and the introduction of compulsory education
2. Minimum wages
3. A max on the daily working hours

Provide at least one example of a social law?

What would a factory owner think about these social laws? Why?

What would a factory worker think about these social laws? Why?

What is the most important aspect of socialism?

1. Freedom
2. Equality
3. Power to the king
4. Religion

Karl Marx- founder of socialism

Karl Marx was the founder of socialism. He believed that there would always be a conflict between the proletariat (workers) and the bourgeoisie (wealthy bourgeoisie).

This would only disappear through a workers' revolution, in which everything would come into the possession of the state.

What do you know about Karl Marx? Explain.

Work in project groups

Go and sit in your groups for the project

You are allowed to discuss

20 minutes

Collect your planning forms and don't forget to fill them in and to add it to your collection for your final version of your newspaper!

Homework & planning next class

- Continue working on the project

- Revision exercise ch. 4, section 4 (The odd one out)

- Complete ex. 3 to 9 of Ch. 4, section 4 of your book

What have you learned today about socialism, social laws, social question and Karl Marx? Explain how they are connect to each other.