Family Activity III

Before I describe this latst family activity, I want to remind you that the previous post on this blog (Monday, 3/16) contains the family questions for the Midterm Exam, which you need to study for tomorrow's exam.

FAMILY ACTIVITY III: Now that you've been exposed to the radical ideas of Marx and Marxism in Chapters 5 & 6 in our text, I want you to consider what the two "tongue-in-cheek" attempts to apply Marx to our time -- "Dot-Communist Manifesto" and "Karl's New Manifesto" (which I will hand out in class tomorrow) -- have to offer in terms of insight into contemporary capitalist society. More specifically, I want each of the families to pick out TWO points from ONE or BOTH commentaries which, aside from their attempt at humor, you believe do in fact offer significant insights into modern capitalist society. A spokesperson for each family will present your findings in class on Thursday, 3/26, and each family must turn in a one-page description and defense of your choices at that time. I will read and consider these and award bonus points to the family or families that come up with the two best points overall. This exercise is worth 4 points for all participating family members, and I will award 2 bonus points for each of the best points presented.
You need to read Chapter 6 in the text and especially these two commentaries for next week. I will give the families class time on Tuesday, 3/24 to confer about which points you want to present.

WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER SPRING BREAK, WE WILL PICK NEW FAMILIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER.