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=**Karl Marx** =

Section 1 : Photo Booth Interview
**Video**

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**Script**

Hello everyone, today we’ll be interviewing Karl Marx, one of the most important figures in modern history! Please say hello Marx.

Hello.

So, let’s start off with your personal info. Please tell us about yourself.

Well I was born in 1818, when the Industrial Revolution was just coming to an end. I was born in Prussia, to a family of Jews, but we converted to Christianity soon. After I married, four of my seven children died before adulthood, my wife and I were often ill and my wife died 2 years before me. I was always poor, and I could only survive from financial support from my best friend.

Wow, you seem to have had a very difficult life! So what did you think about the Industrial Revolution Marx?

Of course I think that the Industrial Revolution had its good points, but I think in the end it had horrible results. Poor people became poorer working many hours at factories, while some people became richer by the second. It was a period of unfair treatment and injustice to the workers.

Well Marx, you are a philosopher, so what were you trying to solve?

Well because of the Industrial Revolution, a lot of poor people were working long hours with little pay, while the rich sat back doing nothing and earning money from their factories and companies. This created a caste of 2 significant classes. A class of working people, and a class of rich people, also known as the bourgeoisie. I theorized that human history is the history of conflicts between different social classes. So I said to myself, “If there were no difference between social classes, and everyone had an equal right to everything, then the class struggle people had since the beginning of time would disappear. I see! So what did you call your philosophy?

I called this Communism. Of course I didn’t think it up by myself, my best friend called Friedrich Engels helped me a lot when we were coming up with Communism.

Well, so how does Communism work?

Communism states that once everyone owned all things in common, class distinctions would be erased, and the class struggle that had marked human history since its beginnings would come to an end. Things such as governments would be unnecessary, as people will work together for the common good. True Communism arrives when everything and everyone is stateless and property-less.

That sounds pretty good! However, did you know that only 5 countries in the world are Communist?

W, what?

And they aren’t even the ideal Communism that you thought of. Well, that’s it for today and bye!

W, wait!

**References**
 * 1) "Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto ." __Washington State University - Pullman, Washington__. 4 Dec. 2008 <[|http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/marx.html]>.
 * 2) "Karl Marx, 1818-1883." __The History Guide -- Main__. 4 Dec. 2008 .
 * 3) "Karl Marx." __World History: The Modern Era__. 4 Dec. 2008 .
 * 4) "Modern History Sourcebook: Karl Marx: Scientific Socialism, 1844 - 1875." __FORDHAM.EDU__. 7 Dec. 2008 .
 * 5) "Revolutions of 1848." __World History: The Modern Era__. 4 Dec. 2008 .

Section 2 : Primary Sources & Secondary Sources
**Primary Sources**

[|The Communist Manifesto] "Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto ." __Washington State University - Pullman, Washington__. 4 Dec. 2008 <[|http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/marx.html]>.


 * 1) What is the primary point that the document is trying to convey?
 * 2) What are some of the problems or events in the world at the time this document was written that may have influenced the document?
 * 3) Who is the audience that the document is trying to get across to?
 * 4) How might this make a difference in the world at the time this document was written?
 * 5) Are there any themes in the document that can still be found today?

[|Various Primary Source Documents] "Modern History Sourcebook: Karl Marx: Scientific Socialism, 1844 - 1875." __FORDHAM.EDU__. 7 Dec. 2008 .

**Secondary Sources**

"Karl Marx, 1818-1883." __The History Guide -- Main__. 4 Dec. 2008 . "Karl Marx." __World History: The Modern Era__. 4 Dec. 2008 . "Revolutions of 1848." __World History: The Modern Era__. 4 Dec. 2008 .