Communism

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/communism

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is communism?Communism is a belief that everyone should share everything and work together, so no one owns things alone, no money, and no government rules.
2. Why do people want to share everything in communism?It tries to stop one group from making money from others' work and gives everyone what they need.

Communism: A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless society with common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.
Means of Production: The resources, tools, and infrastructure (factories, land, machinery) used to produce goods and services in an economy.
Proletariat: The working class; individuals who sell their labor power to survive, forming the majority of the population in capitalist societies.
Bourgeoisie: The owning class; a minority that derives profit from employing the proletariat through private ownership of the means of production.