The New Crusade? Intro to the Post-Communist World

As we begin our look into the Post-Communist World, we need to start with the basics in this three part intro assignment:

Part One:
In Groups, Access the constitutions of current day Russia and China and create a compare/contrast chart with the U.S. Constitution. List and explain a minimum of 5 comparisons and 5 contrasting observations. (similar to what we did for Great Britain).

Russia:

www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/constit.html

China:

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/constitution/constitution.html

Part Two:

Read and highlight the first two Chapters of the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels.

http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html

Part Three:
You will write an "I am not a Marxist" essay from the eyes of three leading Communist leaders. I will explain (more explanation later).

For an out-of-the-box analysis check out The Karl Marx Band and the Find the Flowers Campaign:

http://www.thekarlmarxband.com/